YJL

Not long ago, I read this entry¹ on FriendFeed. Which is about this equation:

The discussions in that entry got my interest. Someone tries to find the limit of $\text{MAYBE}$ when $\text{YES}\to 1$ and $\text{NO}\to 0$. That makes sense, you want $\text{YES}$, a good sign; you don’t want $\text{NO}$, that hurts. So we need to find (mathematics is quite far away from me!):

For the second term, it’s obviously $0$, but for the first term, the limit is failed to exist because it’s not continuous at $\text{YES}=1$ and $\text{NO}=0$.

From two equations above, the first one is like saying “You got infinite possibilities!” but the later is like saying “You’re doomed! Sorry!”

I’d like to extend further, $\text{NO}\to 0^{+}$ says “Stay positive, just a little, that’s all you need!”

Even you got nothing — the zero, the only thing you need to have is the positive thought. No more, no less. Lean on positive side for just a little bit, that could be a way to be saved from difficult situations.

[1]	http://friendfeed.com/e/34350c63-0014-49a5-8485-112fd9f3ff9b/Maybe/ is gone.