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To: antiRepublicrat
***Get it out of your head that odds matter when dealing with infinity.***

Mathamatical laws do not count in infinity. Got it.

351 posted on 10/20/2003 7:18:32 PM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock
Mathamatical laws do not count in infinity. Got it.

They do count, as infinity is expressed with them. It's just really not fair to compare a finite number (such as any odds no matter how big) with infinity. The finite number will, by definition, always lose.

I had to read the article and other sources a couple times before before I could shake off my obviously mistaken previous math classes dealing with infinity. It really is a stranger beast than they told most of us in school.

352 posted on 10/20/2003 9:03:46 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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