Re: abundance of irrationals!) - rectangles of area 1.bmp [0/1]
- From: Tony Orlow (aeo6) <aeo6@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 15:29:44 -0400
Virgil said:
> In article <MPG.1cea7e1a9c12de61989bf2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Tony Orlow (aeo6) <aeo6@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > >
> > > > I have provided two proofs. Counting WILL NOT get you to infinity. It's
> > > > a weak tool for trying to study infinty. It's fine for finite things.
>
> But the axiom of infinity and the principle of induction do get you to
> infinity in finitely many steps. That is what they are for.
> > >
> > > Indeed. Except that your proofs have been refuted thoroughly.
>
> > Not in any way that doesn't refute the proofs you hold so dear, and
> > not in any substantive way. Only by retreating to your local set of
> > confusions in the form of unquestionable contradictory axioms and
> > assumptions do you parry your away out of truth's way.
>
> Without some set of axioms as a foundation, there is no truth, only
> chaos. The axioms WE use have been tested and not found wanting. The
> informal unaxiomatized logic you are trying to use has been also tested
> and has been found wanting. So any contradictions are in your arena, not
> ours.
>
They haven't been tested very well. I have detected several inconsistencies, so
I don't know what people have been looking at. I don't know exactly what is
wrong with mathematics in the last century, but there is pervasive insanity in
this area that needs correction. You are wrong. Comment on my set size method,
or shut up.
--
Smiles,
Tony
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