Re: Orlow cardinality question

David Kastrup wrote:
> imaginatorium@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > Tony Orlow wrote:
> >> In my College Achievement Tests, I
> >> scored an 800 out of 800 in math, and above 700 on three other
> >> Achievement tests.
> >
> > So we understand you believe that your skill in mathematics matches
> > your confidence. Could you just clarify whether you believe that
> > basically the entire system of maths education of the modern world
> > has got it wrong, and you have uniquely identified the flaw. Or do
> > you believe that the many people here who have told you that the set
> > of finite integers (pofnats) is finite are misinformed - in which
> ^^^^^^
> > case could you perhaps point to a textbook or university prof's
> > webpage that confirms your (mis)understanding?
>
> Uh, they are misinformed. The set of finite integers is the textbook
> example of an _infinite_ set since the Peano axioms do almost nothing
> except establishing a mapping (the successor relation) satisfying the
> definition of an infinite set.

Er, well, for 'finite' read 'infinite' (in as many places as required
for your pet theory. You can probably swap 'true' and 'false' too, here
or there.

Sorry!

Brian Chandler
http://imaginatorium.org

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