Re: Re : martingale betting system question

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:11:29 +0200, Jean-Claude Arbaut
<jean-claude.arbaut@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>Le 16/06/2005 17:03, dans 6153b1lonhrc6n4hrrau92avivhjd8f8pv@xxxxxxx,
>« David C. Ullrich » <ullrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
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>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:19:32 +0200, Jean-Claude Arbaut
>> <jean-claude.arbaut@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> Le 16/06/2005 15:12, dans d8rtr0$qut$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, « Dave
>>> Seaman » <dseaman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
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>>>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:03:30 +0200, Jean-Claude Arbaut wrote:
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>>>>> Le 16/06/2005 15:13, dans llu2b1ddnfgoi4ppd5par45kfe1ahfm2si@xxxxxxx,
>>>>> « David C. Ullrich » <ullrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
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>>>>>>> Well, you could just *borrow* an infinite amount of money.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ooh, I can? Where? (Ya think they'd notice if I borrowed an
>>>>>> infinite amount of money and then only paid half of it back?)
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>>>>> That would mean ruin for casinos :-) Every guy would win
>>>>> with the 2^n martingale. Too easy.
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>>>> What difference would it make whether you pay back twice infinity or only
>>>> half of infinity?
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>>> Oh, sorry, I answered the previous question :-)
>>> Yeah, you're right, no difference. But, you can give infinite
>>> money to everybody on earth, there is still no difference.
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>> You still need to read more carefully. Yes of course if
>> everyone had infinitely much money then money would be
>> worthless. But Richard (Tobin - you should be more careful
>> about attributions) didn't say anything about everyone
>> having infinitely much money, he said that _I_ could
>> borrow infinitely much money.
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>You don't understand: if you borrow infinitely much money,
>then you can give infinitely much money to infinitely many
>people (also to finitely many, obviously), and you still
>have infinitely much money. Am I wrong ?

Sigh. Yes, of course I _can_ do that. But why _would_ I?
As you point out, after I do that my money will have
no value.

Nope, not me. I'm gonna borrow my infinitely much money,
give half back, and keep the rest.

>That's a question of bijection of N on N^2.
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>>> Infinite money leads to end of money :-) I mean, an infinite
>>> quantity of money would have an infinitely small value.
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>> David C. Ullrich


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David C. Ullrich
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