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Le 17/06/2024 à 16:14, Moebius a écrit :
> Am 17.06.2024 um 10:25 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson:
>> On 6/12/2024 1:23 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> 
>>> Wrt your logic, I have some questions:
>>> ____________
>>> Are there infinitely many "dark" numbers?

Yes.
>>>
>>> Is there only a finite number of "light" numbers?

Yes, a potential infinity.
>>> ____________
>>>
>>> As in a global database with all of the numbers witnessed by humans? 
>>> Say a little kid, say 3 years old has never saw the number 42 
>>> before... So, this number is light because I just wrote it, it is not 
>>> dark. However, it is "dark" wrt the the kid? If a number is stored in 
>>> the database, is it light or dark, WM?

Depends on the accessibility of the database. Darkness depends on the 
system.
> 
> Another questions: What's the relevance of this nonsense for math?

Nothing.
> 
> I mean, isn't, say, n+n = 2n or 1+...+n = (n+1)*n/2, etc. for ALL 
> natural numbers n, not just for the light ones? <facepalm>

Yes, that is to be assumed but cannot be proven.

Regards, WM