Re: just how many reals are there in aleph_1 ?
From: Snorkleton McBurp (mcburp_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/04/05
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Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:11:13 -0400
|-|erc wrote:
> "Mark Nudelman" wrote
> > > You can't DEFINE a number to be off a complete list!
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> > It's NOT a "complete" list (if by that you mean a list that contains all
> > reals). You're only assuming (incorrectly as it turns out) that the list is
> > complete. If you want to claim the list is complete, you must prove it, not
> > just assert it. But you'd be wasting your time, since the list is NOT
> > complete. And you can't DEFINE a list to be complete, without knowing
> > whether it's possible for such a thing to exist.
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> For those who doubt my powers. Hows that for the prototypical strawman argument?
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> "Mark Nudelman" wrote !!!!!!!!
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> classic noodlehead!
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> Herc
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you should know black kettle boy
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