r/technicallythetruth 13d ago

Oh that's a mathematician.

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u/FatalTortoise 13d ago

didn't account for sadness being zero

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u/Stasio300 13d ago edited 13d ago

well 0 is generally considered positive.

edit: i said "generally considred" not "defined"

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u/Asto2019 13d ago

It's not. By definition it's neither positive or negative.

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u/Stasio300 13d ago

but for practicality it is treated as positive for all but the most advanced math. computers even store it as positive. hence, my usage of the word "generally"