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[–] VIP740 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Does anyone remember when they realized 0 doesn't mean the same thing as nothing?
Difference Between Zero and Nothing
[–] Opieswife 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Ok this was interesting. I haven't really thought about this before but I totally get what the author is trying to say. At first I wasn't sure where he was going but at the end it came together. Looks like I have more reading to do. :)
[–] VIP740 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I don't remember when I first came across the distinction, but I do remember the first time I tried to explain it to someone else. It went something like this:
Well zero isn't exactly the same thing as nothing. If you have a graph of y=mx+b there's a point on there where y=0. But with nothing... err, um...
Yeah, I get what you mean, it's not nothing, it's zero. If you have nothing... (scratches head).
[–] TheBuddha [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The history section of this page may interest you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0
Everyone else, we see the number increase so we know people looked.
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