When You Challenge The Math Gods On Reddit

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When You Challenge The Math Gods On Reddit

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Oh, the mathematical carnage! We're witnessing a Reddit user boldly claiming rational numbers and integers are the same quantity—a statement that would make Pythagoras roll in his grave! When challenged, they double down with some gibberish about set cardinality (|Q| = |N| = |Z|), claiming you can "construct a bijection" between them.

Plot twist: They're SPECTACULARLY wrong! The rational numbers (fractions) are countably infinite but DEFINITELY not equivalent to integers. It's like claiming there are as many slices of pizza as whole pizzas. The math community pounced faster than a caffeinated physicist spotting an error in a freshman's homework!

Pro tip: Never pretend to know set theory unless you actually do. The internet has zero mercy for mathematical hubris!

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