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

  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    if you’re talking about physical objects you have to consider material reality

    If you’re considering material reality then you can’t have an infinite amount of it.

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      6 months ago

      That’s a concession of the premise, you obviously can’t have infinite anything, but if you could then the 100s would bring more utility

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        6 months ago

        But the utility is not the issue in the premise.

        “Would you rather have an infinite number of $1 or $100 bills?” Obviously $100 bills, but they are worth the same amount.

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          6 months ago

          If utility isn’t the reason why you’re picking 100s then why would you if they’re the same amount?

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            6 months ago

            Utility is irrelevant to the statement “an infinite number of $1 bills is worth the same amount as an infinite number of $100 bills.”

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              6 months ago

              What is worth? Would you rather have 500 1s or 5 100s? You already said you’d take the 100s, why? I would take the 100s because I personally value the convenience of 100s more than the 1s, so to me, a single 100 is worth more than 100 1s. Worth doesn’t need to imply the monetary value of the money.

              The convenience/utility makes the 100s worth more even if they’re both valued the same