Re: Infinity can not exist
From: Tracy Yucikas (tyucikas_at_nethere.com)
Date: 07/03/04
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Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 12:37:46 -0700
"Fletch F. Fletch" <notme31415@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> David C. Ullrich wrote:
> > On 2 Jul 2004 10:53:32 -0700, japcuh@gmail.com (Japcuh) wrote:
> >
> >> It is impossible for infinity to exist, because in order for infinity
> >> to exist, everything possible must happen.
> >
> > No, that doesn't follow.
> >
> > To give analogy using numbers instead of events,
> > the set {2,4,6,8,..} is infinite, even though it
> > doesn't contain every number.
>
> Question on a random, useless thought:
>
> One cannot reach the transfinite numbers from the finites with arithmetic
> operations (I believe). And from aleph null, you cannot reach the other
> alephs with mulitplication or addition, but you can with exponentiation
> (power set). Are there infinities so large that you cannot reach them
from
> the transfinites with arithmetic operations?
Isn't it true that not much can be said with certainty after aleph2?
ty
>
> Slainte,
> Fletch
>
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