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In response to "True or false: .999999999..... = 1 -- (link)" by mara

absolutely false

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Mar 5 '10, 12:43

I read his proofs but

if the difference between .9999..... and one is zero, then what he is saying is the infinitely smallest thing possible while existing, does not exist

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that's the thing about infinity. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 12:48 1
- Here's my key, philosophy. A freak like me just needs infinity. - Spawn Mar 5, 12:51
You're confusing a mathematical concept with an object. -- nm - mara Mar 5, 12:47 4
- if the purpose of math is not to express objects or some sort of sense of reality, then what is its purpose? -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 12:51 1
  - to get the c into the p? -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:53
- lie pie. -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:48 1
  - (or *like* pie, but lie pie works in its own way) -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:49

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