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[prog]

Heh heh, pages upon pages of people going No... NO! Aaaaaagh you're all wrong shut up about the .999... thing. This is worse/more amusing than the time that the Monty Hall problem was AOTD.

I find it interesting that the text of the article actually predicts the belief-path the doubters take... when faced with simple and easily graspable proofs, they change their minds and state that obviously this means that the number system is broken.

Comments

[dictator555.livejournal.com]

Ah, have we not discussed this before? How I don't believe in numbers? I mean, obviously they're very useful sometimes, but that doesn't make them real.

[prog.livejournal.com]

We have not discussed this.

I should think we must disagree on the definition of "numbers", "real", or perhaps "sometimes".

[dictator555.livejournal.com]

Could be. We should have a nice long discussion about this in person some time. I think I'd enjoy it, and you'd end up pulling your hair out in frustration. :)

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Or "believe in".

[cnoocy]

I would agree that numbers aren't real in the same way oranges are. (We might disagree as to which are more real.)

[dictator555.livejournal.com]

You honestly think numbers are more real than oranges? Juicy, delicious oranges?