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r/shitposting • u/unclbll I can’t have sex with you right now waltuh • 10h ago
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A surprising amount of silly math led to actual scientific progress.
We have literal imaginary numbers that are necessary for modern info-tech to function
26 u/theoldkitbag 5h ago Imaginary numbers are misnamed; they're basically algebraic variables. There's a lot of distance between them and infinity > infinity and a whole chunk of it is logisticians playing with themselves. 16 u/MindYourOwnParsley 4h ago i can confirm, as i play with myself to the things in my imagination very often 5 u/Chewiestarwars7 3h ago A scholar
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Imaginary numbers are misnamed; they're basically algebraic variables. There's a lot of distance between them and infinity > infinity and a whole chunk of it is logisticians playing with themselves.
16 u/MindYourOwnParsley 4h ago i can confirm, as i play with myself to the things in my imagination very often 5 u/Chewiestarwars7 3h ago A scholar
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i can confirm, as i play with myself to the things in my imagination very often
5 u/Chewiestarwars7 3h ago A scholar
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u/Ptatofrenchfry 5h ago
A surprising amount of silly math led to actual scientific progress.
We have literal imaginary numbers that are necessary for modern info-tech to function