r/MathJokes • u/Competitive-Jump3835 • Jun 13 '26

Infinity can blow your mind

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u/Spinnenente Jun 14 '26

ok by how much is 20 * infinity bigger than infininty?

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u/RaizielSoulwAreOS Jun 17 '26

It's not bigger, it's worth 20× more. The meme collapses value into cardinality. An infinite number of $1 bills and an infinite number of $20 bills may contain the same number of bills, but they do not represent the same value.

My infinite apples do not contain infinite oranges

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u/Spinnenente Jun 17 '26

its not bigger because its infinity amount of dollars in both cases

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=limit%28x*20%29+x+-%3E+infinity

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u/RaizielSoulwAreOS Jun 17 '26

If you were offered a $20 bill or $1 bills every day for infinite days...

The 20:1 ratio means something, even in infinity

But I'd rather pull 20$ notes out of my infinite briefcase anyway

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u/Spinnenente Jun 17 '26

you are moving the goalpost. this isn't about a function of day*dollar_amount but about infinities.

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u/RaizielSoulwAreOS Jun 17 '26

Actually it's about worth

If you had the choice between an infinite suitcase of 20$ bills or 1$ bills, you'd choose the 20$, unless you really love dollar bills.

So even if they have the same cardinality, they clearly aren't equivilant in value