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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But there are an infinite number of things that you don't have any of, so if you count them all together the number is actually not zero (because zero times infinity is undefined).

[–] roguetrick 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There's a limit to the number of things unless you're counting spatial positioning as a characteristic of things and there is not a limit to that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

there's no limit to the things you don't have, because that includes all of the things that don't exist.

[–] roguetrick 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Only if you're able to define things that don't exist by infinities.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago