I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!

  • nefonous@lemmy.world
    101·
    10 months ago

    I love how people here try to put this in practical terms like “when you need to pay something 100 is better”. It’s infinite. Infinite. The whole universe is covered in bills. We all would probably be dead by suffocation. It makes no sense to try to think about the practicality of it. Infinite is infinite, they are the same amount of money, that’s all.

    • lad@programming.dev
      8·
      10 months ago

      For practical use it would be better to have an infinite supply rather than an infinite amount

    • erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      10 months ago

      The whole universe is covered in bills. We all would probably be dead by suffocation.

      Couldn’t there just be a single line of bills stretching out to infinity?

    • ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee
      63·
      10 months ago

      I think it’s because there is nuance in the wording. It doesn’t say “dollar amount”, it says “worth”, and the worth of a thing can be more than its dollar amount.

      Infinite hundreds is “worth more” in a sense because it’s easier to use, and that is added value!