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Re:0.999...= 1 by ta1234567890 on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @11:34AM (#23007992)
> As a static number, the concept of infinity makes no sense; but once reimagined as a process

Super insightful. That's the key right there.

The same concept can also be applied to the physical world. Things are not static, they are in constant flux, everything is a process in motion.

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Re:0.999...= 1 by thom on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @12:12PM (#23008457)
Yes, although for me this conception of infinity as a process also captures why there are probably no actual infinite things in the universe, only in silly games with numbers.
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Re:0.999...= 1 by effie on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @08:48PM (#23013989)
Could you elaborate? Why infinite process cannot be actual thing in the universe? It's not like we know the start and the end date of the universe...
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