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To: Alas Babylon!

Think of it this way. Between 1 and 1.1 there are an infinite set of numbers, while at the same time there are an infinite set of numbers between 1 and 1.01. Logic tells us there should be ten times as many numbers between the latter but that would mean one set of infinity is larger than another set of infinity.


32 posted on 01/12/2019 5:52:09 AM PST by LukeL
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To: LukeL

But they cannot be counted, or should I say enumerated, because they’re infinite.

Infinite is a state that cannot be enumerated. Logic tells us that, too.


70 posted on 01/12/2019 6:19:36 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (I can always count on some FReeper to paint a dark cloud above the silver lining. --Moonman62)
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To: LukeL

Kurt Godel has the only valid answer. An infinite number cannot be said to exist until it is described.


84 posted on 01/12/2019 6:30:31 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (The denial of the authority of God is the central plank of the Progressive movement.)
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To: LukeL

Professor Jennings explains this theory to Pinto:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DJUOGxePBs50&ved=2ahUKEwj-hpviv-jfAhVpwMQHHde-CvcQwqsBMA16BAgKEBQ&usg=AOvVaw3Ru_P2Wr1w3bWQYvqbYbCD


102 posted on 01/12/2019 6:59:43 AM PST by shotgun
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