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BodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.net to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months ago

Death by linguistic imprecision

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Death by linguistic imprecision

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BodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.net to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months ago
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    It is a pile as soon as one grain of sand is resting solely on top of one or more grains of sand.

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      why, what’s wrong with null piles?

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        Nothing isn’t a thing. It’s right in the name!

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          we learned about the number zero from the indians a long long long long time ago…

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            How many piles of zero sand can one possess?

            Zero. If a pile has zero sand, it’s not a pile.

            Do you see the inherent contradiction of calling the lack of sand a pile?

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              infinite. it doesnt matter, because they’re empty. empty piles abound!

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        There are just piles of sand literally everywhere? An infinite number of them in every tiny void?

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          yeah, and also piles of bananas and louis the XXXIIV era rugs.

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            ok, I guess. how can a pile of bananas and a pile of rugs be in the same place though?

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              as long as they’re null piles, yes.

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      Not according to speaker judgments.

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