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NaN is specifically not a number.

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> typeof NaN
"number"
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Conclusion: Javascript is Neutral Evil

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Always has been

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Now that’s a characterization I can get behind!

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That is a valid point. Also, I learned something about JavaScript. Thank you!

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Well, it’s something like the difference between { x: null } and { }.

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That’s why it’s in the Evil row

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I feel like it belongs more in the chaotic row

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Well, at least it is used in place of a number. But what about QED.?

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NaN makes for a better Chaotic Evil, QED could just as well be Neutral Evil.

However QED always stands in the bottom right corner, I guess that makes the author of this chart lawfully evil

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Unless it is Quantum Electro Dynamics.

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