Kapy, they might not teach this in the second world, but division by zero is undefined and infinity is not a number.

It's debatable, and a pressing frain in higher arithmetic today. But as the divisor gets smaller and smaller, the answer gets exponentially bigger and bigger, and it will lead up until ∞. 0.(9) and 0.(0)1 are geometrically proved as 1 and 0 (respectively). In equation [Y = 1 / X], if X is 0.01; Y is 100. If X is 0.001; Y is 1,000. If X is 0.0001; Y is 10,000. There is a pattern: for every ciphre 0 in X, another is given to Y. And if there is an infinite amount of ciphre 0 ([0.(0)1]) for X, there will be one for Y, leading to infinity.

And infinity is a number in mathematical usage, though, that's not debatable.

America has more steel, farmer, and such production.

Canada still has the magnetic pole. Beat that record.

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Is that *your* Russian professor, or *a* Russian professor? If it's your own professor, tell him he's fucked. If not, don't believe everything you read. And I'm Canadian.

There's basically zero chance any part of the US would become Canadian or 'under the influence' of Canadians -- well, unless you mean by 'under the influence of Canada' to mean 'under the influence of reality', such as Obama care (i.e. socialized health-care). But Canada isn't the only world state to embrace such things, and it's definitely not the best of them. And I'm pretty pro-Canada, so there ya go.

The US has some good things that Canada lacks. #1 being the US Constitution. Canada has something close, but the freedoms guaranteed by the US Constitution greatly surpass *some* of those guaranteed by the Canadian equivalent. First amendment is a really good example.

The sacrifices American ancestors gave to fight for those freedoms are too dramatic to surrender to this hypothetical-Russian-professor's ideology. No way are any Americans going to simply give that history up. I'm actually not a fan of the US politically -- in many ways -- but in terms of this fundamental set of principles of freedom, I'm a big fan of that. I think most Americans are, too.

And infinity is a number in mathematical usage, though, that's not debatable.

Depends on which 'mathematics' you're talking about. In some versions, it's a number. In others, not. See http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/36289/is-infinity-a-number for more detail.

Ok, I also agree this map is rubbish. For my own locality, I can say that in any split, Idaho would not be paired with Washington, Oregon, or California. 99% of Idahoans hate everybody from all three of those states. We would most likely be part of Montana, Utah (Idaho is the second most Mormon state in the country still), possibly Wyoming, and quite possibly both Dakotas as well.

OH HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLL NAW! Florida ain't gonna be with them Texans! We gonna conquer the world. But in all seriousness, who would want Florida? All we have here is Crime and Disney. We'd be the North Korea of North America.

Depends on which 'mathematics' you're talking about. In some versions, it's a number. In others, not. See http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/36289/is-infinity-a-number for more detail.

Interesting link, will hold in mind. But still get the impression that in *most* mathematics, infinity is a number. The arguments made definitively against do not seem so strong.

The US has some good things that Canada lacks. #1 being the US Constitution. Canada has something close, but the freedoms guaranteed by the US Constitution greatly surpass *some* of those guaranteed by the Canadian equivalent. First amendment is a really good example.

The sacrifices American ancestors gave to fight for those freedoms are too dramatic to surrender to this hypothetical-Russian-professor's ideology. No way are any Americans going to simply give that history up. I'm actually not a fan of the US politically -- in many ways -- but in terms of this fundamental set of principles of freedom, I'm a big fan of that. I think most Americans are, too.

Canada is usually seen by organisations that rank these things as more free than America. f.e. https://index.rsf.org/#!/ (Canada: 10.99; America: 24.41; higher is worse) and also seen as having a higher living standard.

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Canada is an irrelevant nation and if anything they would get annexed by the USA.

Canada is usually seen by organisations that rank these things as more free than America. f.e. https://index.rsf.org/#!/ (Canada: 10.99; America: 24.41; higher is worse) and also seen as having a higher living standard.

I'm not denying any of that. I'm trying to say that the specific freedoms that the US has better than Canada were hard-fought-for and would not be easily sacrificed by the people of the US. As a people, they value these too highly to give them up and become 'under Canadian influence'.

I'm thinking along the lines of the first amendment. For example, Canada does not have such a strict *legal* separation of church and state. Yes, the US has more interference of religion in politics, but when that is challenged and brought to court, the law consistently backs up the separation of church and state. Whereas, in Ontario, for instance, we have gov't sponsored Catholic schools, and that would be quite hard to get rid of since we don't have such a principled legal standard as the US' first amendment which courts can refer to.

I'm not saying *all* the US' legal standards are better. I'm saying that the ones that *are* better are also ones that US people would have to give up in order to fall into this hypothetical Russian prof's scheme. And they just wouldn't.

Interesting link, will hold in mind. But still get the impression that in *most* mathematics, infinity is a number. The arguments made definitively against do not seem so strong.

It's not a question of arguments, it's a question of definitions.

America is pretty uniform in culture, English ethnicity 80%<

If you had ever visited different parts of America then you would notice the regional differences. In the United States there are cultures that are very different; New England vs Texas; California vs Colorado/mountain states; PNW vs. Florida. America is probably the most diverse country on earth. And we are definitely not 80% English ethnicity.

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If you had ever visited different parts of America then you would notice the regional differences. In the United States there are cultures that are very different; New England vs Texas; California vs Colorodo/mountain states; PNW vs. Florida. America is probably the most diverse country on earth. And we are definitely not 80% English.

Seems kind of like minute differences. Maybe Catholicism against Protestantism and Protestantism against Protestantism?

Also, looked it up. According to the American census, 80.0% is English, followed by Spanish (12.4%).

I see your graph (was posted after my comment). But this is ancestry, not ethnicity.*

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*American Indian? Really? That is such a macro grouping, there is a very great diversity amongst the aboriginal Americans* and just to call them American Indians? American Indians live in India, not America.

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Your image is of primary language not ethnicity

What are we even talking about now?

Your image is of primary language not ethnicity

That's what ethnicity is. If you speak (American) English, you are (American) English ethnicity.

thats not what we call ethnicity...

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if you think language is all that defines culture here u are wrong

So what means ethnicity according to you? Genetics?

no to me it is that different ethnicities have different cultural traditions.

ethnicity to me = cultural identity

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How do you measure culture other than tongue?

All cultures that speak the same tongue are virtually the same. Brits and Americans both don't take their shoes off in buildings f.e.

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