Negative numbers do not make any sense

Flagpole wrote:

expert maths man wrote:

Let me explain in simple terms.

If I have 3 beans* and give you 2 then I have 1 bean left. (3-2=1)

If I have 0 beans I cannot give you any, so 0 minus anything is still 0.

*doesn't need to be beans, could be anything.

Negative numbers are a concept, brother.

Dude calls to order 10 things from Amazon, and Amazon shows that they have 10, but in reality they only have 8. They have committed 10 to this customer though, so they currently have -2...this is a number that describes a situation to them, and now they need to act...they can either tell the customer they only have 8, or deliver 8 and put 2 on back order, or find a way to quickly get 2 more so that the customer never knows there was a problem.

Negative numbers serve a purpose.

You are probably the easiest person in the world to troll. Do you ever have any idea what is going on around you or are you this clueless in real life as well?

You either have beans or you don't. Numbers only serve to confuse matters.

That's why it's best to measure temperatures in Kelvin.

There are no negative numbers in Kelvin like in Celsius and Fahrenheit.

It's not 10 below zero on a cold, blustery day.

It's 250 degrees Kelvin.

THEY MAKE PERFECT SENSE

THANKS

P.S. I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE

2* infinity = infinity

It's true that in a directly observable physical sense there are no negative numbers.

No point in continuing this thread beyond that fact really. Advance mathematics is a different concept.

negative indicates direction too otherwise we wouldn't be able to do physics fvcktard! you can take your simple addition and shove it you fvcking cvnt

l2mathbro wrote:

negative indicates direction too otherwise we wouldn't be able to do physics fvcktard! you can take your simple addition and shove it you fvcking cvnt

ah, letsrun at its poetic best...

Yes. very strange. Who cares? Obviously negative numbers are a valid concept. Very confused as to why people care about weird assertions to the contrary.

Sleeping Policeman wrote:

Yes. very strange. Who cares? Obviously negative numbers are a valid concept. Very confused as to why people care about weird assertions to the contrary.

MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, THE OP WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY RIDICULOUS JUST TO SEE WHO WOULD BE STUPID ENOUGH TO BE SO CLUELESS AS TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

MAYBE.

negative energy wrote:

It's been fun, but there is just too much negative energy here and too many new a**holes who post bullshi* and lots of great people who used to post all the time who have left or gone underground. I'm out. Life is too short. I'll be in Kona. Hope to see some of you there. Paulo knows how to find me.

Pay attention, there's no such thing as NEGATIVE energy.

He he

Obvious troll is what??

Recognizer of Hilarity wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Negative numbers are a concept, brother.

Dude calls to order 10 things from Amazon, and Amazon shows that they have 10, but in reality they only have 8. They have committed 10 to this customer though, so they currently have -2...this is a number that describes a situation to them, and now they need to act...they can either tell the customer they only have 8, or deliver 8 and put 2 on back order, or find a way to quickly get 2 more so that the customer never knows there was a problem.

Negative numbers serve a purpose.

You are probably the easiest person in the world to troll. Do you ever have any idea what is going on around you or are you this clueless in real life as well?

Dude asks a question or states a fact that isn't so, and if I have time and feel like it, I will answer, even if that person is a troll. Trolling is weird anyway. You could as a legitimate question but not really care about the answer and be a troll if you want to.

It's a concept relative to where you place zero.

3/10 for making me reply.

Exatly - if I have 0 in my bank account and I buy something worth 10, then my balance is -10.

What about when temperature is -5 degrees? Explain that.

When the temperature is 5 degrees or 0 degrees, it's pretty cold. But everyone from the north knows it can get much colder. If you think it can't go below 0 you'll freeze to death.

Flagpole wrote:

Dude asks a question or states a fact that isn't so, and if I have time and feel like it, I will answer, even if that person is a troll. Trolling is weird anyway. You could as a legitimate question but not really care about the answer and be a troll if you want to.

You'd be a blast to hang out with - never have any idea that everyone around you was laughing at you.

Bad Wigins wrote:

What about when temperature is -5 degrees? Explain that.

When the temperature is 5 degrees or 0 degrees, it's pretty cold. But everyone from the north knows it can get much colder. If you think it can't go below 0 you'll freeze to death.

You're wrong. You're only made to think there is a difference. In reality there is none. -5 degrees is the same as 0 degrees. As is -50 and -50000.

expert maths man wrote:

Math Mann wrote:

Actually, zero IS a real number.

Yes, going back to my beans example - if I don't have any beans then how many do I have? The correct answer is Zero. This proves that 0 is a real number

What is a real number?

Military service?