Re: infinity

"zuhair" <zaljohar@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Virgil wrote:
>
> So that '2 <= 2' only means that AT LEAST ONE of {'2<2','2=2'} is true.
>
> -------------------------
>
> Yes Randy told me the truth values of OR so T or F is T , F or T
> is T and T or T is T
>
> I am understanding what are you meaning but still it is not a good way
> of representing things.
>
> "Or" implies that you do not know which is true and which is false so
> in general when I say
>
> a or b is true , then this implies first that a can be true or false, b
> can be true or false
>
> and both may be true , and that I am ignorant of which possibility is
> the case, but of
>
> coarse it also means that it cannot be both a and b are false
>
> I know all this. and that is exactly why I refuse the writing 2<=2
> because it means that we
>
> don't know which one of the two possibilities is true is it 2<2 or 2=2
> , while in reality we know
> so the ignorance implied by function or is not present in { 2<2 ,
> 2=2 }

Nonsense. There is no law or rule against triviality or redundance in
mathematics.

--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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