/sci/ - Science & Math

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>>2541276
You can't subtract letters from numbers.

>>2541256
Can I rage when someone says almost zero too?

>>2541301

no

>>2541301

>>2541313
I mean is there really difference?

What are the odds of winning the lottery 10 times in a row?
"pretty much zero"
Then it's not zero, RAGE

How many possible ways are there to arrange all the atoms in the universe?
Almost infinite
Then it's not infinite RAGE

>>2541345
>pretty much and
>almost
are not the same.

>>2541364

>>2541345

You must be trolling.

HEY RETARDS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND

there is no "almost" infinity. all real numbers are equally far away from infinity. They are all infinitely far away from infinity.

There IS "almost zero." Depending on the scale you're dealing with, its use can be entirely appropriate.

>>2541394 all real numbers are equally far away from infinity.
Nope. You can't measure distance from infinity.

The part on "almost zero" was correct though.

almost infinite / nearly infinity = so f***ing huge that there's no point in saying the actual number. Why does it even matter? Do you actually get mad?

>>2541396
there are almost an infinite number of ways to troll /sci/

OP gets his jimmies rustled by semantics.

/sci/ cares.

And I continue not giving a fuck.

>>2541394
That's true, but aspie-retarded.

You see, what's really being said is that "there are so many possibilities that there is little difference in relevant implications if the possibilites were in fact infinite".

It's not saying that the NUMBER is almost infinite. It's saying that the effect of the huge number of possibilities is approaching the limit of the effect of infinite possibilities.

Whatever the original conversation is about.

How do i fuzzy logic?

>>2541420
Plus I hear the term "practically infinite" used much more often than almost infinite.

∞ * 0.99 = almost infinity.

>ITT: aspies getting worked up over wordplay

>>2541477
Still infinite.