originalucifer to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world • 22 days agoeasy! answer is 9!cdn.catsweat.comimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1236
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minus-square@Zachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink50•22 days agoHow can you count something that isn’t there?
minus-square@SandmanXC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink23•22 days agoJust keep imagining another tile until you can’t anymore.
minus-square@Zachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•22 days agoBut isn’t that how many imaginary tiles there are? Thats not counting the tiles that aren’t there. You’re just deciding the number of imaginary tiles is the same as the missing tiles.
minus-square@xia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish7•22 days agoBehold! The invention of negative numbers.
Yes. That’s how many I counted.
How can you count something that isn’t there?
Just keep imagining another tile until you can’t anymore.
But isn’t that how many imaginary tiles there are? Thats not counting the tiles that aren’t there. You’re just deciding the number of imaginary tiles is the same as the missing tiles.
I stand by my decision.
respect
Behold! The invention of negative numbers.