• Bear@lemmynsfw.com
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    6 days ago

    There are logical impossibilities, for example in no universe does 0 = 1, and the same is true for these concepts.

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      6 days ago

      Your example is wrong even in our universe lol. In the trivial ring (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_ring ), 0=1 is true.

      What you are probably imagining when talking about 0 and 1 are their representatives in the “integer ring” or maybe the ring of real numbers. Both are simply definitions made by humans and in no way universal truths.

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        6 days ago

        There’s no math that makes 0 = 1. When you cannot see the error it does not mean there is no error.

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          6 days ago

          How many years have you studied mathematics? If you really believe that, it can’t be more than 2 after high-school.

          Edit: better question: Can you define “equivalence relation”? I don’t want you to be creative, I want the standard definition you come across in any foundations class.

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      6 days ago

      The fact that time is relative disproves this already. Our understanding is limited by our ability to perceive.

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      6 days ago

      This is actually wrong. You can have an equivalence relation where 0 is equivalent to 1. Furthermore, in the Trivial Ring (that is, the ring algebra of a single element) the multiplicative identity (written as 1) and the and the additive identity (written as 0) are the same element, and thus in the context of the trivial ring 0=1. Isn’t that fascinating?