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    Default Ridiculus Debate of the century!

    Let us say theoretically you have a perfect sphere and you are using it as a dice, would it be a D1 or a D∞?

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    If you were to use a sphere as a dice would you consider it a one sided dice (always rolls the number 1) or an infinite sided dice (can roll any positive integer)

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    A D∞ is impossible
    A D1 is useless
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    Assuming it was actually, by some magic, a perfect sphere, it would be an infinity sided die, imo.


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    Both.

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    It would be infinite, and infinitely useless.


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    I'd roll a one with the infinite dice.

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    I would just throw it at people.

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    A theoretically perfect sphere would have theoretically one side as there would be no minute flat areas which would constitute a seperate side


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    I say infinity but what do I know, I'm a moron.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shoeberto View Post
    Assuming it was actually, by some magic, a perfect sphere, it would be an infinity sided die, imo.
    Yeah. A sphere by definition contains infinite points.

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    And the probability of getting a specific side is 1/∞ which is 0

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    You can't write infinity numbers on a dice Not if you want to use it anyway.

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    Can you have a 1 sided die? Wouldn’t that just be a lotto ball?
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    It depends on how tiny numbers you can paint.

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    Well they would have to be infinitely small and you would have to believe a sphere is made up of infinite flat surfaces with infinitesimal areas rather than having no flat surfaces at all
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