> Imagine somebody loudly insisting that negative integers don't exist. That they can't exit, they just don't make any sense, obviously there can't be a "minus

> Imagine somebody loudly insisting that negative integers don't exist. That they can't exit, they just don't make any sense, obviously there can't be a "minus six" what would that even mean? Frustrating right. That's what this is like. Context matters. If your task is to count the number of gumballs in a jar, the person loudly insisting upon the non-existence of negative integers would be correct. Within this context, "minus six" doesn't exist and doesn't mean anything.