xeno's paradoxit arises because people mistake counting for mathematics. just because you can't count everything between a and b, it doesn't follow that you can't reach b from a
think about it like a cake. if i cut it in half, it's still the same mass of cake. if i cut the halves in half, it's still the same mass of cake. if i repeat this infinitely, it's still the same mass of cake (except at some point we start splitting the atom and singe our eyebrows)
(think about it like a cake. if i cut it in half, it's still the same mass of cake. if i cut the halves in half, it's still the same mass of cake. if i repeat this infinitely, it's still the same mass of cake (except at some point we start splitting the atom and singe our eyebrows)
spacefish bong!,
Wed 25 Feb 2009, 20:42,
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like the arrow thing.But it still doesn;t work for me. the one to two problem is that you have to accept that there is a two. but we don't think of infinity having a point that starts something else, lets call it infinity 2.
Thanks for answering my questions though. :)
(Thanks for answering my questions though. :)
Holly Would long wheel based tranny,
Wed 25 Feb 2009, 20:49,
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