Re: infinity

David R Tribble said:
>> Can the maximum possible difference be unbounded if the
>> differences between any members are unbounded?
>

Tony Orlow wrote:
>> I would say so, yes.
>> The range of the finite naturals is an unboundedly large finite value.
>

William Hughes writes:
>> The problem is that no natural number is unboundedly large. (Except
>> for a sour natural number of course.) So the range of the finite
>> naturals is not a natural number.
>

David Kastrup wrote:
> No singleton (or finite set/sequence/whatever) is ever unbounded,
> period. Only infinite sets and sequences can be unbounded, all other
> entities _assume_ their bounds.

I think maybe Tony meant:
"an unboundedly large finite 17, for large 17",
or maybe:
"an unboundedly large finite value, like an infinite finite value
that's not infinite".

And we know that if it exists, it's finite.
And if it doesn't exist, it's also finite.

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