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To: dfwgator

What a bunch of wet noodles. Infinite is, in fact, longer than the lifespan of the universe. This is hair-splitting for clicks. Bah Humbug!


4 posted on 11/02/2024 12:46:33 PM PDT by mjustice (Apparently common sense isn't so common.)
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To: mjustice

But a monkey typing is not some kind of random letter generator. I don’t think monkeys would ever manage the dexterity and intent to even type once complete sentence.


6 posted on 11/02/2024 12:50:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: mjustice

“What a bunch of wet noodles. Infinite is, in fact, longer than the lifespan of the universe. This is hair-splitting for clicks. Bah Humbug!”

The set of real numbers is infinite. For every number you give me, I can add 1 and so on without limit. Infinity is a theoretical concept. I think it’s proven useful in mathematics, like the square root of -1.

However, it seems that there is nothing in the universe that is infinite: not atoms, not time, not space. Dealing with reality, nothing is infinite. The claim that monkeys could never type Shakespear may be true.


28 posted on 11/02/2024 1:27:45 PM PDT by ChessExpert (Scarborough: "This is the Best Biden ever.")
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