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From: FromTheRafters <FTR@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: Replacement of Cardinality
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:55:52 -0400
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Chris M. Thomasson formulated the question :
> On 8/18/2024 2:15 PM, Ross Finlayson wrote:
>> On 08/18/2024 11:52 AM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>> On 8/18/2024 1:16 AM, joes wrote:
>>>> Am Sat, 17 Aug 2024 13:39:52 +0000 schrieb WM:
>>>>> Le 16/08/2024 à 20:11, joes a écrit :
>>>>>> Am Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:00:26 +0000 schrieb WM:
>>>>>>> Le 16/08/2024 à 18:50, joes a écrit :
>>>>>>>> Am Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:19:17 +0000 schrieb WM:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Taking steps only until the next unit fraction, you never reach 0.
>>>>>>> Start from x = 0. The increase cannot be more than 1.
>>>>>> No, you were counting down from 1.
>>>>> There we see that counting down to 0 requires dark numbers.
>>>> Counting down from infinity is not possible. Your "dark" numbers
>>>> are a nonstandard extension.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yup. Counting down from infinity is moronic. No wonder why WM assumes
>>> there is a place to start counting from, aka finite...
>> 
>> Hey, it was Cantor's idea first, ....
>> 
>> 
>
> Do you even now how to make a Cantor Set Fractal?

Isn't there enough division in here already? :D