alyaza [they/she]M to [email protected]English • 11 months agoBeehaw decides: what is the set of all genders?strawpoll.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up124
arrow-up124external-linkBeehaw decides: what is the set of all genders?strawpoll.comalyaza [they/she]M to [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squarejeff 👨💻linkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoNow we are getting into the quantum physics question of if the universe is discrete or continuous. Which seems to be unsolved. So I guess that’s my answer. If the universe is discrete then there are finite genders, and if it’s continuous then there could be infinite genders.
minus-squarepolonius-rexlinkfedilink2•edit-211 months agoso at the very least, the lower bound is the natural numbers, or a countably infinite number
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•11 months agoI fucking love where this went, as I was thinking the exact same responses while reading this thread! Love it when a question about gender results in fundamental ideas surrounding mathematics and the nature of reality.
Now we are getting into the quantum physics question of if the universe is discrete or continuous. Which seems to be unsolved.
So I guess that’s my answer. If the universe is discrete then there are finite genders, and if it’s continuous then there could be infinite genders.
so at the very least, the lower bound is the natural numbers, or a countably infinite number
I fucking love where this went, as I was thinking the exact same responses while reading this thread! Love it when a question about gender results in fundamental ideas surrounding mathematics and the nature of reality.