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Idiot Wizard :
It's infinitely precise, not infinitely long. There's a limit.
2025-07-09 02:45:09
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Luke Looorence :
This can be solved by realizing there is a finite length of measurement
2025-07-09 00:42:37
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Jim :
This is just a form of Zeno's Paradox, and it's wrong. Coastlines aren't infinite. They converge to finite length.
2025-07-09 01:21:41
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redd.lester2022 :
Some of us were even born there unfortunately
2025-07-09 00:43:27
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Solon :
An infinite series can still converge to a finite number
2025-07-09 01:09:54
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viralobserver :
Definitely not infinite since there's a finite mass to measure. Whether it be rocks, sand, atoms or Planck lengths. Just very unreasonable to actually do.
2025-07-09 03:26:04
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lupilupi245 :
This is nothing close to infinite, at all
2025-07-09 04:32:22
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Phoenix🍁 :
This is just Achilles and the tortoise. The plank length solves this. Eventually you won’t be able to break it down anymore. Reality doesn’t have true fractals.
2025-07-09 01:04:43
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snowy_cookie 🇵🇭 :
Doesnt make it infinite. Its impossible to measure with a very high degree of accuracy but thats not the same as infinite. We cant measure the mass of the moon incredibly accurately doesnt make it infinite
2025-07-09 09:03:29
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big_chungus4201 :
You can also use this logic to prove that there are an infinite number of sasquatches in West Virginia. One of which… I have fought.
2025-07-09 00:44:50
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anenigma4 :
it's fractals all the way down
2025-07-09 01:38:32
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user6160204933074 :
Sounds like it’s unmeasureable not infinite.
2025-07-09 01:03:46
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Sort off like saying there’s an infinite amount of numbers between 1 and 2
2025-07-09 09:12:12
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maligator mommy :
Damn, I thought you were going to tell me that the Scottish Highlands and the Appalachian mountains used to be the same mountain range over 500 million years ago.
2025-07-10 00:35:44
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JBtwentyFour :
This doesn’t mean it’s infinite?
2025-07-09 03:03:47
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Brian Asmen :
People will NOT think I’m a genius after this 💔
2025-07-09 22:42:32
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Tiberius937 :
fractals are not smooth no matter how much you zoom in, using smaller and smaller rulers only works if it becomes a smooth curve as you zoom in closer
2025-07-09 00:44:20
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Cryptotsmith :
This is the basis of calculus. Using equations that consider taking smaller measurements to infinity.
2025-07-09 02:54:31
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rico :
still finite , not fractal
2025-07-09 15:43:40
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Mitchell Breen 🇨🇦 :
Here’s something else to make you seem like a genius to others. You do not need to say “true fact” you can just say “fact”
2025-07-09 03:03:58
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George P :
wouldn't it eventually converge to a number with diminishing returns evertime the measurement unit is decreased?
2025-07-09 01:53:15
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Michael :
It converges to a finite value. This is why calculus is important
2025-07-09 04:59:46
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Noe Andrade248 :
you measure it 1 ft above sea level to eliminate the shifting coastline factor
2025-07-09 00:51:39
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VVlfgng :
It's like Zeno's Dichotomy Paradox!
2025-07-09 00:46:04
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Alenhendro :
I see many calculus enjoyers in the comment section completely missing the point. It is true the coastline is not "infinite" in the mathematical sense, assuming there is a minimum measurable unit of reality (which is on itself debatable), because once you reach that minimum measurement unit the total length won't increase. That is not really the point because no one uses that to compute the actual length of a coast. The interesting part is that the different lengths of the coast don't converge nicely into a value, at least for the observational measurements we have, the way they do with a circle. This increase is modelled using something called "the fractal dimension" (see The fractal geometry of nature by Mandelbrot for an introduction). So according to the data we have it is not correct to say that the length "converges to a limit", at least before reaching the "minimum measurement unit". For practical purposes, and considering the most commonly used theoretical mathematical models for this type of problems, the length of the coastline is unbound
2025-07-09 09:53:59
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