Re: infinity

Virgil said:
> In article <MPG.1d6bc1c554a43a0398a0d2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Tony Orlow (aeo6) <aeo6@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > None of that erases the infinity of balls left after adding 10 and removing 1
> > an infinite number of times. It's not that some fabricated last ball would
> > satisfy my neurotic need for a last ball, but that your argument that the
> > vase
> > becomes empty makes no sense from any perspective but your wacky theory,
> > which
> > claims to capture some essence of infinity, and actually ignores almost every
> > aspect of it.
>
> Does TO claim that having a specific time before noon for the removal of
> each specific ball is a wacky theory when it is a part of the statement
> of the problem?
If you are using all finite balls, then each has a specific time before noon
when it is removed. Of course, at that time, many still remain.
>
> Which balls that are inserted into the vase before noon fail to be
> removed before noon. Name one!
It's the balls inserted AT noon that still remain AT noon. That moment is where
n becomes infinite.
>
> It is TO's wacky theory that removinga all the balls before noon leaves
> some behind.
All finite balls are processed at some point before noon. At the point when
noon hits, you are processing balls at an infintie rate, and the finite numbers
you are working with give way to infinite numbers.
>

--
Smiles,

Tony
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