Sup nerds, I have a question about numbers and how they work.
When I was a kid people were like "a jillion isn't a number" but if numbers are infinite, wouldn't everything eventually be a number?
>>8160255
is "banana" a number? you seem to think it is.
>>8160255
there aren't infinitely many numbers.
there are only as many numbers as those we need.
>>8160255
>numbers are infinite
>>8160265
You can have a set that is infinitely large, but doesn't include everything. I.e. you could have a set of all possible natural numbers which would be infinitely large but would not included any negative numbers.
>>8160255
Consider the infinite set composed solely of even numbers.
Look at Hilbers hotel.
Then you might udnerstand what's behind the "infinite" concept (except cardinal numbers; they are on a whole new level). Maybe watch a youtube vid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s_paradox_of_the_Grand_Hotel
There are an infinite number of possibilities for numbers that you can choose to label as "jillion". Knock yourself out.
>Sexdecillion
Well if you can slap the word sex into the name of a number you can name a number anything
>>8160269
>engineerfag detected
>>8160458
Mathfag actually. I refuse to use the axiom of infinity because it makes no sense anymore.
everything is numbers except for letters
>>8160910
How many natural numbers are there
>>8160255
"To be infinite" doesn't mean "to be everything"
>>8160255
>sup nerds, I have a....
Seems...familiar, almost as if someone is "shitpost ing?"
>>8161967
As many as the biggest we could use.
