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- From: ahanysz@spam.ua.oz (Alexander Hanysz)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Infinities (was Re: Take Back the Dildo)
- Summary: Uncountable ones are bigger!
- Keywords: infinity
- Message-ID: <1627@spam.ua.oz>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 01:56:59 GMT
- References: <9915@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> <sav.712218520@nanette> <1992Jul28.115531.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au>
- Organization: Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Adelaide
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- In article <1992Jul28.115531.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au> eepjm@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (Peter Moylan) writes:
- >I use the same word: uncountable infinities. An uncountable infinity
- >may be more infinite than a countable infinity, but it's not more
- >unique.
-
- This is right. An uncountable infinity is bigger than a countable one,
- in a way that can be made mathematically precise. (Sorry, I don't have
- time to type out a lecture on different types of infinity right now.
- Yell if you're really keen to learn some mathematics!)
-
- >What does this have to do with dildoes?
-
- I'd like to know too!
-
- Alex.
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