alt Hacker News> Just like in math, the rational is a subset of the real
I just want to highlight this, since it's the cleanest way I've seen this expressed. This is a fantastic hackernews comment.
> Just like in math, the rational is a subset of the real
I just want to highlight this, since it's the cleanest way I've seen this expressed. This is a fantastic hackernews comment.
I too want to highlight this, since it's one of the cleanest case of blatant equivocation sneaking past people.
>> Just like in math, the rational is a subset of the real
That only works if you think Rationality ⊂ Reality the same way ℚ ⊂ ℝ — which is like saying Space-time ⊂ Archery because time flies like an arrow.
Wordplay is not an argument.