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The moderator told me questions like this aren't stupid and they're the point of this community.

I want an answer.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

None, because they don't exist.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

I'd say since angels are imaginary, √-1 angels would fit on a pin head.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Precisely as many angels as there are whole numbers, or exactly as many as the quantity of numbers you can count between 0 and 1 (0.5, 0.2341, etc).

The original context of the question was more about if angels and the afterlife were physically manifest or intangible, and early thinking about how infintesimals work.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

zero or more

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I think the moderator is correct.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It depends on how you define angel.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That depends on whether the angels in question are bosons or fermions—which in turn depends on how fast they’re spinning, so the dance they’re performing may also be relevant.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

ooh quantum angels! i love it when two things i can't ever understand combine powers

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

4 to 7 depending how fast they can move their feet

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

All of them. None of them.

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