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[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Angles have not been proven to exist, so I guess 0 and ∞.

If you can find proof of angels existing, then we would need to have more specifics:

  • how big are the angels?
  • what type of pin are you curious about? A fabric pin, for example, is much thinner than a pushpin.
  • what style of dance might they be doing? A line dance would require significantly more space than, say, the Macarena.

We'd also need to find out if angels are solids, or if they could pass through eachother as that could reduce the space they need and alter the answer significantly.

Not sure what point you're trying to make - people come from all walks of life... A stupid question to me may not be a stupid question to everyone else.

Would you know how to survive like a Sentinelese?

Could you tell me how to export a list of packages I have installed on my computer using pacman and yay so I can batch install them after wiping my computer?

Could you tell me the typical directory where I could find the word.dot file for a typical Windows user running Microsoft Office?

Would you know why you can't mix DOT2 and DOT3 but you can mix DOT3 and DOT4?

[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Right answer should be none, zero. I have few friends named Angel (that is their first name) and none of them can dance.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 15 hours ago

Three but only if they want to and leave their friends behind.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

This was actually a Victorian parody question they invented to make fun of medieval philosophers. Nowadays we think Thomas Aquinas, etc. were making quite sophisticated points, albeit within the boundaries of the religious society of the time.

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Can jesus microwave a burrito so hot that even he couldn't eat it?

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That depends on whether the angels in question are bosons or fermions—which in turn depends on how fast they’re spinning (so the dance they’re performing may also be relevant).

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

ooh quantum angels! i love it when two things i can't ever understand combine powers

[–] CII_RX@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hope you love eyes too! Because they heavily invested in eyes.

"where we're going, you won't need eyes to see"

sorry, not relevant, but it made me think of this line from Event Horizon, which was the only horror movie that has ever actually frightened me.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (9 children)

This is gonna turn into a dumb shitpost community, isn't it?

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[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

As many angels as actually exist.

[–] BlitzFitz@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

I'd say since angels are imaginary, √-1 angels would fit on a pin head.

[–] Libra@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

What is "women around me, described using math terms only"?

[–] socsa@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago
[–] FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago

All of them. None of them.

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

None, because they don't exist.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago

Okay then, how many angels can dance on the head of a small block Chevy?

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 1 points 1 day ago

What if the pins are imaginary too

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I have many pins here, so try again.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 days ago

zero or more

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] waz@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago
[–] Clear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

4 to 7 depending how fast they can move their feet

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 1 points 1 day ago

Wait what why

[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I think the moderator is correct.

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It depends on how you define angel.

[–] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

And "dance", "on", "the head of", and "pin".

"Can" weirdly enough doesn't have sufficient variation to introduce uncertainty here.

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

How big is the pin?

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Precisely as many angels as there are whole numbers, or exactly as many as the quantity of numbers you can count between 0 and 1 (0.5, 0.2341, etc).

The original context of the question was more about if angels and the afterlife were physically manifest or intangible, and early thinking about how infintesimals work.

[–] nous@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

But there are more numbers between 0 and 1 then there are whole numbers. So are the countable many angles or uncountably many?

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

exactly as many as the quantity of numbers you can count between 0 and 1

I specified countable to keep them in the same class of infinity. :) not about to make that mistake when bringing pedantry to a silly fight. .

Since it's implied that they have names, I'm going to use that as my argument for there being a countably infinite number. If you want to argue that only certain special angels have names, like Michael or π, then I'd say they're uncountable.
If you wanted to argue that omnipotence means a deity could defy logical restrictions and allow contradictory truths to coexist, then I'd say I'm far too sleepy for that discussion but I love where you're heads at. :P

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

Nobody knows. there may even be a finite number of angels since countless may not reffer to the math term we use today

[–] CII_RX@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

What kind of Angel, would be a follow-up. There's different kinds.

[–] oo1 1 points 1 day ago
[–] fargeol@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago
[–] notarobot@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

The right amount

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 2 days ago
[–] lakemalcom10@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It's just the one goose.

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