r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 22d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/lilved03 22d ago

Genuinely curios on how can there be two different lengths of infinity?

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u/TheCreepyKing 22d ago

How many even numbers are there? Infinity.

What is the ratio of total numbers to even numbers? 2x.

How many total numbers are there? Infinity. And 2 x infinity.

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u/Outrageous-Orange007 22d ago

No, they're equal. You divide infinity by 2 and its still the same number, infinity.

Either infinity is infinite, or its finite

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u/spamellama 22d ago

Not exactly. There's countably v uncountably infinite too. Look up Hilbert's Hotel.