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Is infinity more than 6000?
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Don't go there. Everyone who does ends up in an asylum: Cantor, Godel et . al.Hard Brexit now!
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It's even more than that,
it's over 9000!
Plus a handy explanation:
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/IT%...NINE_THOUSAND!Comment
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Originally posted by Pogle View PostOn her 8th birthday my daughter made the joke that now she was 8, if she lay on her side she became infinite.
A geek in the making n'est pa?
for Pogles 8 year old
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Huh! I made that joke when I was two.Originally posted by Menelaus View Post
for Pogles 8 year old
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Look Hilbert's paradox of the Grand Hotel.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostIs it more than infinity plus 1?
If a hotel has in infinite number of rooms and is full of guests, what happens when another guest shows up? Answer: they double every room number and have an infinite number of (odd-numbered) rooms free.Cats are evil.Comment
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Yes, and infinity is less than 6000 too. For example how many numbers are less than 6000 and greater than 5999?Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostIs infinity more than 6000?Comment
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Ah good - someone understands the real number line.Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostYes, and infinity is less than 6000 too. For example how many numbers are less than 6000 and greater than 5999?Hard Brexit now!
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The number of possible Real numbers is transfinite, not infinite.Originally posted by sasguru View PostAh good - someone understands the real number line.
However, the FTSE 100 index only has an infinite number of possible values.Cats are evil.Comment
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"...it is now accepted usage to refer to transfinite cardinals and ordinals as "infinite". .." says WikiOriginally posted by swamp View PostThe number of possible Real numbers is transfinite, not infinite.
However, the FTSE 100 index only has an infinite number of possible values.Hard Brexit now!
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transfinite cardinals? Are they the ones who dress up as choir boys?Originally posted by sasguru View Post"...it is now accepted usage to refer to transfinite cardinals and ordinals as "infinite". .." says WikiComment
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