[QUOTE="_en1gma_"][QUOTE="hamstergeddon"]Why are we even debating this. This is hypothetical, completely theoretical pseudo-intellectual bull****. It has no real world application and is important only in the minds of the pretentious, self-righteous scholars.hamstergeddon
Are you kidding me? The concept of infinity is pivotal in today's world of modern science and key in its foundations. Ay, ay, ay. yea? What field of science relies on the fact that .99999....=1? That's right, a big, fat none of them. Knowledge is only useful if it has an actual end goal of something other than knowledge itself. Otherwise it's just theoretical bull**** and has no reason for existing. You're missing the point that the fact that 0.999... = 1 represents the concept of infinity. Which is extremely applicable within physics/engineering. Ah, and I'm guessing you don't know what a scientific theory is. I'll try to clarify quickly. I scientific theory is an abstraction of observable data that is rigorously tested and subjected to peer scientific review. It is empirical.
Why are we even debating this. This is hypothetical, completely theoretical pseudo-intellectual bull****. It has no real world application and is important only in the minds of the pretentious, self-righteous scholars.hamstergeddon
Are you kidding me? The concept of infinity is pivotal in today's world of modern science and key in its foundations. Ay, ay, ay.
Yeah, I disagree, equal means equal, not one minuscule number off. No matter how many 9's you put you won't get to 1.
kamikaze_pigmy
Do you agree that 1/3 = 0.333... where there are an infinite number of 3s going to the right?
No. That's just the closest representation we have for that number in base 10. No. 1 / 3 in fact equals 0.333...(repeating) Seriously, I don't understand why you people can't see this. Just do some long division. Divide 3 into 1. You get 0 with a remainder of three. This happens on every cycle of division, so the sequence {0, 0.3, 0.03, 0.003, etc...} goes on infinitely. It then follows that 1 / 3 = 0.333... and hence 0.333... = 1 / 3. This isn't a proper proof, but it'll do.
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