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You can't show me zero of something which is why you can't divide by it. Zero is a placeholder for what we can't show which is also why negative number exist on
by RyanAdamas 2y ago
You can't show me zero of something which is why you can't divide by it. Zero is a placeholder for what we can't show which is also why negative number exist on the opposite side of it. Zero isn't a number, it too is a name.
- sssilver 2y agoI did mention objects, not numbers. Maybe “symbols” representing concepts. I’d go with “name” for both zero and one — nonexistence and existence.
- autoexec 2y ago> You can't show me zero of something which is why you can't divide by it. I've shown you zero fish. The number of fish I've shown you is zero. If I tracked you down, brought a fish with me and showed it to you, I'd have shown you 1 fish, but I haven't.