GraniteM@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 天前Jeopardy wall calendar pretending that the coastline paradox doesn't existlemmy.worldimagemessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down137
arrow-up177arrow-down1imageJeopardy wall calendar pretending that the coastline paradox doesn't existlemmy.worldGraniteM@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 天前message-square57linkfedilink
minus-squarekartoffelsaft@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·23 天前Limits can resolve to infinity. The coastline paradox is just the observation that the (semi-reasonable) assumption that landmasses are fractal shaped implies the coastline tends towards infinity with smaller yardsticks.
minus-squareFredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-223 天前They can… I wasn’t saying they couldn’t… I meant that as to point to the logic you’d use to prove it finite My bad for the poor wording though.
minus-squareSpice Hoarder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 天前If you’re going to talk about paradoxes, you should also know you’re committing a presupposition fallacy
Limits can resolve to infinity. The coastline paradox is just the observation that the (semi-reasonable) assumption that landmasses are fractal shaped implies the coastline tends towards infinity with smaller yardsticks.
They can… I wasn’t saying they couldn’t… I meant that as to point to the logic you’d use to prove it finite
My bad for the poor wording though.
If you’re going to talk about paradoxes, you should also know you’re committing a presupposition fallacy