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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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[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can have infinities of different sizes

[–] blahsay@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can. This is not one of them

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years 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".

[–] blahsay@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

It's a fair analogy to obscure some complexity.

Got a better one?