Hear me out: while the process of dividing a number by zero is "infinity" or "Nan", logically speaking, taking something and dividing into nothing, with the stipulation that a non-infinite method of doing so is found, will result in a zero.<p>I say that because essentially, the divisor '0' predetermines the outcome. it is impossible for anything to be divided into "nothing" pieces and result in something.<p>Dividing by 1 is similar, you can't split an apple of size 1 into "size 1" sized pieces and get any less or more than a "size 1" apple. In a similar way, if you are able to split an apple of "size 1" into "no apple" slices, it is impossible by the bare rules of the logic of reality to get any less or more than "no apple". You won't get infinite apples, if you do, then the stipulation of the divisor '0' becomes incompatible. anything other than 0 is incompatible.<p>If the physical law of our inability to create or destroy matter or energy did not exist, we could probably prove this as true.<p>But destruction aside, here is a fun philosophical argument: If I take an apple and burn it until it can no longer be considered an apple, did I just divide that apple by 0?<p>(I'm just putting my reasoning out there, I know nothing of proper mathematics. Be gentle!)