Re: An uncountable countable set

In article <161ca$4523bb80$82a1e228$8996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Han de Bruijn <Han.deBruijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

imaginatorium@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Han de Bruijn wrote:

The question is: how many balls are there in the vase at noon.
This question is meaningless, because noon is never reached.

Really? When's lunch, then?

Time is _suggested_, but not present, in the Balls in a Vase problem.

Without any time to put balls into the vase, the vase is empty.
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