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Perhaps I'm confused, but doesn't that site indicate that the midpoint of the positive rationals is 1.0? Or am I misreading it?

• recursive 6y ago
  You are not misreading. That's correct.
  • Jweb_Guru 6y ago
    But the article is saying that in Ruby, it's 1.5, right? So it's not the same as here? Or were you referring to the general notion of a midpoint of an infinite range?
    • recursive 6y ago
      Right again. The "also" is a reference to the parent comment. > In surreal numbers [1], the midpoint between 0 and infinity would be the simplest number greater than 0, which is { 0 | } = 1
      • Jweb_Guru 6y ago
        Oh, I see! For some reason I didn't spot the parent comment.