Comment by DemocracyFTW2
2 years ago
> Sadly (?) the word "nothing" seems to have become overloaded
"Infinity" is another one of those things that used to be murky, but simple; after Cantor we now have different infinities ℵ0, ℵ1... an un-Ockhamian proliferation of terms, and we have to worry about the spaces between them. Science ruins everything!
The use of "literally" to mean figuratively has grown in popularity in recent years (as a form of emphasis); though it is not a new use:
* https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/misuse-of-literally