"Despite common misconceptions, 0.999... is not 'almost exactly 1' or 'very, very nearly but not quite 1'; rather, 0.999... and '1' are exactly the same number."

WhyEssEff [she/her] · edit-2 24 days ago

"Despite common misconceptions, 0.999... is not 'almost exactly 1' or 'very, very nearly but not quite 1'; rather, 0.999... and '1' are exactly the same number."

sweatersocialist [comrade/them] · 24 days ago

i wonder if you ask these "lesser of two evils" sorts, if they saw two people- one kicking one puppy, and one kicking two puppies, would they help the guy who's only kicking one puppy to kick the puppy more since he's "not as bad" as the guy kicking two puppies, or would they try to help the puppies instead of the guys kicking them? i assume they would say help the puppies. it's weird to me if you pose this question about actual humans being murdered right now they don't see that.

Evilsandwichman [none/use name] · 24 days ago

it's weird to me if you pose this question about actual humans being murdered right now they don't see that

You assume they're operating in good faith; these people would call those awesome folks sabotaging factories that make bomb and fighter jet parts terrorists. These people don't actually care about Palestinians.