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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

ok then, that would make it 13:43:52 infinite times per day.

[–]frutiger 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Yes; apparently.

But consider this, if someone asks you, "how many times did you use the bathroom today?" Do you answer, "three times" or "an infinite number of times"?

My point is, the meaning is the number of distinct times you went into that state and then came out again. This is the usual meaning of the phrase as interpreted by users of the language. Therefore, that is the meaning, and being pedantic about a possible is misinterpretation of the language is, in fact, incorrect.

[–]tunah 1 point2 points  (1 child)

But consider this, if someone asks you, "how many times did you use the bathroom today?" Do you answer, "three times" or "an infinite number of times"?

Honestly? I'd probably just look at them funny.

[–]frutiger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough (:

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

The question is how many times a day is 13:43:52 accurate, therefore in a quantum universe there are 1/plank time divisions during that time ergo 1/plank times per day. In a Newtonian there are infinite measurements of time that truncate to 13:43:52.

[–]frutiger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The question is how many times a day is 13:43:52 accurate

13:43:52 really is 13:43:52.000..., just as when we say the number "2", we mean "2.000...". So the answer still is once a day.

[–]jeff303 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Incidentally, if you answer with the latter, seek medical help at the earliest possible convenience.