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minus-square@ns1@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish28•1 year agoCounterpoint: if you say you have a number of things, you have at least two things, so maybe 1 is not a number either. (I’m going to run away and hide now)
minus-square@Kusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year ago“I have a number of things and that number is 1”
minus-square@assa123@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoI have a number of friends and that number is 0
minus-square@Cliff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoI have a number of money and number is -3567
minus-square@JDubbleu@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoI’m willing to die on this hill with you because I find it hilarious
minus-square@porl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoAnother Roof has a good video on this. At some points One was considered “just” the unit, and a Number was some multiple of units.
Counterpoint: if you say you have a number of things, you have at least two things, so maybe 1 is not a number either. (I’m going to run away and hide now)
“I have a number of things and that number is 1”
I have a number of friends and that number is 0
I have a number of money and number is -3567
I’m willing to die on this hill with you because I find it hilarious
Another Roof has a good video on this. At some points One was considered “just” the unit, and a Number was some multiple of units.