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pmalynin
on May 12, 2016
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A cave in Romania that was sealed for 5.5M years
You can still compare them, e.g two numbers could or couldn't be equal. Equality is a form of comparison
jungans
on May 12, 2016
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wouldn't this make all things comparable?
taotao670
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Except apples and oranges apparently.
DonHopkins
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You can compare apples and oranges alphabetically.
wtetzner
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As far as I can tell, it's not that you can't compare apples and oranges, it's just often misleading.
MichaelBurge
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You don't even have to do that: Just well-order the universe and use the resulting ordering for your less-than operator.
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