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In ZFC set theory (which most of modern maths is built upon). The natural numbers are defined as recursions of empty sets.

Ie. 0 = ∅ (the empty set)

1 = {∅} = {0}

2 = {∅, {∅}} etc…

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In the spirit of Pedanticus the petty till is rotating/plowing soil before planting, until or a shortened 'til is a preposition up to or before something

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Mathematics is the art of folding emptiness til it looks like meaning

I am Man I Fold, and thus I Am Math.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

0 is the empty set.

1 is the set containing only 0.

2 is the set containing only 1 and 0.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And engineering is how you use it in the real world

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Engineer: 1.99999 is good enough.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Better just round it to 3 so I can use the π symbol and save space.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

might as well take a safety factor of 2, so I can use τ, which requires less tie to write than π (I am a engineer)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

If it was exactly 2 people would think you were falsifying results.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

2 is the successor of 1

holup, what the hell is a "1"? did you mean to say succ(0) by chance?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Two can be as bad as one

It's the lonliest number since the number one

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Statistics is the art of folding emptiness until meaning is found. Mathematics discovers systems that existed before then and after them with no regard for who cares. Those volumes of values are immutable and silent.