GraniteM@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoJeopardy wall calendar pretending that the coastline paradox doesn't existlemmy.worldimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down134
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minus-squarekartoffelsaft@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·2 months agoLimits 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-up4·2 months agoThey can… I wasn’t saying they couldn’t… I meant that as to point to the logic you’d use to prove it finite
minus-squareSpice Hoarder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIf 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
If you’re going to talk about paradoxes, you should also know you’re committing a presupposition fallacy