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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How many different unit fractions are lessorequal than all unit
 fractions? (infinitary)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 12:37:38 -0700
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On 10/8/2024 6:36 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 10/8/24 6:03 AM, WM wrote:
>> On 08.10.2024 09:30, Moebius wrote:
>>> Am 08.10.2024 um 09:29 schrieb Moebius:
>>
>>>> Properly understood, the idea of a completed infinity is no longer a 
>>>> problem in mathematics or philosophy. It is perfectly intelligible 
>>>> and coherent.
>>
>> Yes, but it is completed and therefore fixed. The number of nines in 
>> 0.999... does not change when shifted by one step.
>>
>> Regards, WM
>>
> 
> But it must be infinite, and thus not have an "end" and thus there is no 
> "room" to add the zero.
> 
> All you are doing is proving that you concept of "completed infinity" 
> isn't actually infinite.
> 
> This is why it is said that completed/actual infinity doesn't exist, 
> because we are unable to understand how it works by comparing to to 
> things we actually do understand.

Think of drawing a line between two points p0 and p1. There are infinite 
point between them, yet we still can draw that damn line! ;^)