• pruwyben
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    639 months ago

    I would question the ability to line people up on a railroad track such that they have a 1:1 correspondence with the real numbers.

    • Ephera
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      149 months ago

      Yeah, for any length of track, you would need to stack infinite people…

    • @voodooattack@lemmy.world
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      29 months ago

      The real question for me is what unit of distance would be used for the integer representation… It could take 1 meter, 1 Km, 1 Au, or even 1 Infinity to represent the distance between every person and the next. Also, are we using a linear or logarithmic scale?

      This is not to mention the lack of info on how fast the train is going, and whether or not it’s accelerating.