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I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!

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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is wrong. Having an infinite amount of something is like dividing by zero - you can't. What you can have is something approach an infinite amount, and when it does, you can compare the rate of approach to infinity, which is what matters.