Re: Cantor and the binary tree

In article <MPG.1cff9fda6b659940989d2e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tony Orlow (aeo6) <aeo6@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > 1) Each number of (0,1) is given by an UNENDING path stretching over
> > infinitely many nodes (bits).
> And yet you claim that no node is infinitely far from the root? Wrong.

When you can produce a mathematically valid proof that adding 1 to a
finite number will produce an infinite number, you may claim that there
are nodes infinitely far from the root node, but until then, it is you
who are worng
.

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