GraniteM@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoJeopardy wall calendar pretending that the coastline paradox doesn't existlemmy.worldimagemessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down137
arrow-up184arrow-down1imageJeopardy wall calendar pretending that the coastline paradox doesn't existlemmy.worldGraniteM@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squarekartoffelsaft@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·9 days 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·edit-29 days 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 My bad for the poor wording though.
minus-squareSpice Hoarder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days 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
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