I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!

  • highenergyphysics@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Alternatively for small brains like me:

    Imagine you have an infinite amount of $1 bills are laid out in a line. Right next to it is a line of $100 bills.

    As you go down the line, count how much money you have at any given point.

    Which total is worth more?

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      10 months ago

      Imagine the line of 1s is stacked like pages in books on a shelf, but the line of 100s is placed in a row so they’re only touching on the sides. You could probably fit a few hundred 1s in the space of one 100. Both lines still have infinite bills in them, but now as you go along, you’re seeing a lot more 1s at a time.

      That’s the thing about infinities, you can squish and stretch them, and they’re still infinite.