Re: infinity

"guenther vonKnakspot" <apacur@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Yes, and it is also possible to perform the operation "drop 10 balls
> into the vase, take one out" and end up with a non empty vase. This
> is the case, for example, if you take out the ball labelled 2*n, in
> which you end up with a vase full of balls labelled with uneven
> numbers. A would not be surprised to end up with an empty vase if
> performing the experiment with unlabelled (to him/her) balls if
> (she/he) knew of a proof that this is possible in advance. The proof
> that you can put ten unlabelled balls into a vase take one out,
> repeatedly for an infinite number of times and end up with an empty
> vase is eluding me. I would be very thankful for this proof. I am
> not saying that any answer given up to now is wrong, I am only
> trying to understand where the paradox stems from, and wether it can
> be resolved. Regards.

The first time you do something an infinite number of times is always
the hardest. You'll get the knak after a few times.

--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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