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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can have infinities of different sizes

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can. This is not one of them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

True, but understanding that different sizes of infinity exist and applying that incorrectly is not the same as not realizing that "a ton is a ton".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

It's a fair analogy to obscure some complexity.

Got a better one?