[2011-Jun-13] Limit as x approaches infinity equals ethics.

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Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by DonRetrasado » Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:37 am

y u so sleepig??

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by smiley_cow » Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:58 pm

You know, I was just thinking that all this thread was missing was Godwin's law.

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by Felstaff » Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:53 pm

There's literally nothing worse than being killed by 100 Germans.

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by Fiat Veritas » Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:59 pm

Well, I think post WWII Germany uses this pretext for their behaviour.

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by oh my » Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:12 pm

DonRetrasado wrote:
oh my wrote:this comic is hilarious. of course 100 people could kill someone. One hundred people push an enormous boulder off a cliff onto a person standing below.
are you sure like maybe it took just one more person to push it over the end or something

yawn

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by DonRetrasado » Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:05 pm

oh my wrote:this comic is hilarious. of course 100 people could kill someone. One hundred people push an enormous boulder off a cliff onto a person standing below.
are you sure like maybe it took just one more person to push it over the end or something

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by oh my » Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:03 pm

this comic is hilarious. of course 100 people could kill someone. One hundred people push an enormous boulder off a cliff onto a person standing below. one hundred people flip one hundred switches at the same time that detonate a bomb in someone's car while they are driving it. But any number of scenarios could be invented. The comic lampoons the idea of infinity in philosophy of mathematics which works well for the practical use of limits in mathematics, but has disturbing philosophical implications. This has led some(impractical but well meaning) thinkers to attempt mathematical systems that get around this problem, though this has not been an issue in recent times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfinite_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finitism

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by CommenterX » Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:04 pm

Kaharz wrote:
CommenterX wrote:I don't think anyone has addressed this yet:

The way the equation is introduced is incorrect; while the limit as x-->infinity is the way to go for "proving" (anal/logical interpretations be damned) the victimless thing, it is certainly not true that "Percent victims" = k/x as x-->infinity; "Percent victims" actually = k/x*100. The limit as x-->infinity shouldn't be part of that definition.
Throwing in a constant multiplier doesn't actually change the limit.
The constant isn't what matters. The limit shouldn't be part of the definition - otherwise, the "percent victims" is 0 for nearly all values of k (other than +/-infinity). That is, even when one person kills one person, "percent victims" would be 0.

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by Michael Dudley, son of Sara Dudley » Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:05 pm

Oldrac the Chitinous wrote:
rwwright wrote:Funny -- this kind of reasoning is used by people of all political persuasions to justify theft (i.e. taxes) all the time.
This is not the right place for this discussion.

The right place for this discussion is Tajikistan, because I am unlikely to be anywhere near there in the forseeable future.
BUTTSLAMMED

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by Me2 » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:41 am

Glad to see that I wasn't the only one bothered enough to post for the first time:

"Sufficiently large" is not the same as "infinity" :lol: "Sufficiently large" is not how limits work!

I still appreciated the joke though! I'm just giving you a hard time, keep up the good work!

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by anon » Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:24 am

shouldn't the equation be v = k/(k+X)

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by Lethal Interjection » Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:22 am

Edminster wrote:
Kaharz wrote:Remind me again why there was a desire to encourage to non-regulars and unregistered users to post?
because i wanted to prove it was a bad idea in practise as well as in theory
Just like communism in the latter half of the 20th century!

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by Edminster » Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:01 am

Kaharz wrote:Remind me again why there was a desire to encourage to non-regulars and unregistered users to post?
because i wanted to prove it was a bad idea in practise as well as in theory

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by Lethal Interjection » Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:25 am

rwwright wrote:Funny -- this kind of reasoning is used by people of all political persuasions to justify theft (i.e. taxes) all the time.
Would you like to join my Anarchist Society?

Just send me $25 for the dues and I'll send you the regulations for our group.

Re: [June-13-2011] Limit as x approaches infinity equals eth

by Edminster » Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:16 am

rwwright wrote:Funny -- this kind of reasoning is used by people of all political persuasions to justify theft (i.e. taxes) all the time.
oh man i know a country you would just love! they've got no taxes at all, the government is small enough that it won't interfere with your daily life, and you can buy any gun you want and carry it openly!

somalia is a magical wonderland

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