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#but there are also infinite numbers Outside of the binary above and below
dogin8 · 2 years
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Post where I explain what Non Binary means to "It's just the third gender" people by using maths notation
our sets:
B (for Binary)
NB (for Non-Binary)
B = {0,1} which means, the set B is made up of the numbers 1 and 0
now some people think NB = {0.5} or NB = {2} but neither of these are wholly true
NB = {C U R\B} which means, the set NB is made up of every Complex number And every Real number (these two together means basically: every possible value in maths) EXCEPT for numbers in set B
So that means, NB includes EVERYTHING other than 1 and 0. which means 0.5 is included, and 2 is included, but so is 0.9 and 500000 and -π and 12i and e. Non-Binary doesn't refer to one specific gender, it refers to Everything outside of and between the binary which is literally infinite values.
If you wanted to be REAL thorough as well you could say
NB = {C U R/B, (C U R, C U R), (C U R, C U R, C U R), (C U R, C U R, C U R, C U R) (then continue filling brackets with an increasing number of C U R to infinit)}
which means that NB is everything outside the binary AND any pair of two numbers, any group of three numbers, any group of four numbers etc to infinity. This is the best way I could think to display people who identify with multiple genders at once through math notation.
But, my favourite thing about all this is that if you want to be a real math nerd about stuff, you could start just saying "\B" cause that's the most basic form of notation for "Not in set B" "Not in Binary" "Non-binary"
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