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Richard Damon formulated the question :
> On 4/16/24 10:59 AM, WM wrote:
>> Le 16/04/2024 à 00:38, Richard Damon a écrit :
>> 
>>> Name a Natural Number that can not be doubled!!!
>>>
>> All nameable numbers belong to a potentially infinite collection, a very 
>> small initial segment of ℕ.
>>>
>>>>> Thus, doubling ALL the Natural Numbers still gives you results that are 
>>>>> all Natural Numbers.
>>>>
>>>> Impossible, since all are doubled.
>>>
>>> POSSIBLE!!!!
>>>
>>> That is the "miracle" of INFINITY.
>> 
>> No, it is the incongruence of thinking.
>> For potential infinity it is true. But for actual infinity it is wrong.
>> 
>> Regards, WM
>> 
>> 
> Why?
>
> What number in the set of Natual Numbers doesn't have another Natural Number 
> that is twice it?

Zero?