- cross-posted to:
- memes@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- memes@lemmy.world
I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!
I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!
The short answer is that none of these statements apply the way you think to infinite sets.
How would you even weigh an infinite number of dollar bills? You’d need an infinite number of assistants to load the dollar bills onto the scale for you, and months to actually do it!