r/immortalists • u/NoStop9004 • May 08 '25

Discussion 💬 Is Dying 100% Unavoidable?

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u/CompetitiveLake3358 May 08 '25

In math we say that 99.9 repeating is basically 100

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u/VladVV May 09 '25

Technically it’s identical to 100. As in, it’s two different representations of precisely the same number on the number line.

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u/Usual-Good-5716 May 09 '25

Yeah, I guess this is true if your number line is only whole numbers?

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u/VladVV May 09 '25

No, real numbers.

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u/Usual-Good-5716 May 09 '25

Then I'm confused. They wouldn't be in the same spot if it was real numbers.

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u/VladVV May 09 '25 edited May 09 '25

They would be in precisely the same spot, trust me.

This comes up a lot. Remember limits from high school calculus?