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Comment by jncfhnb

> If you pick a point along the number line at random, it’s almost guaranteed to be irrational.

I’m having a hard time grasping this one. Feels like the coastline paradox on a straight line of a known length.

Are irrational numbers even on a number line? Isn’t it definitionally impossible to pick it as a “point along the line”?

parent jncfhnb 1 year ago

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