The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoThey keep digging that hole deeperlemmy.worldimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1761arrow-down130
arrow-up1731arrow-down1imageThey keep digging that hole deeperlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squarePapergeist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years ago“Imaginary” is just a misnomer. Descartes basically ran a smear campaign against them.
minus-squareegeres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoThat’s actually a good point I had never considered! In a way you could consider that “negative numbers are imaginary as well”
minus-squarePapergeist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoAnd that’s never something I considered. You can’t see a negative amount of apples. Must be imaginary!
“Imaginary” is just a misnomer. Descartes basically ran a smear campaign against them.
That’s actually a good point I had never considered! In a way you could consider that “negative numbers are imaginary as well”
And that’s never something I considered. You can’t see a negative amount of apples. Must be imaginary!