Re: Cardinals for Tony

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Daryl McCullough wrote:

> Tony Orlow seems to think that the set of finite naturals is a finite
> set. But consider the following pattern:
>
> 1. There is exactly 1 natural number that is less than 1, namely 0.
> 2. There are exactly 2 natural numbers that are less than 2, namely 0
> and 1.
> 3. There are 3 natural numbers less than 3: 0, 1, 2.
> 4. etc.
>
> Now, assuming that this pattern continues, how many natural numbers
> are less than infinity? Answer: infinitely many.
>
There are exactly one corrupt politicians as corrupt as Bush, Cheny

There are exactly two corrupt politicians as corrupt
as Bush, Cheny and Jeb Bush

There are exactly three corrupt politicians as corrupt
as Bush, Cheny and Jeb Bush and Halliberton.

Now assuming that this pattern continues, how many
corrupt politicians are there that are as corrupt as Bush?
.