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On 9/22/2024 6:27 AM, WM wrote:Who knows ...On 22.09.2024 01:24, Richard Damon wrote:If a tree falls in a forest... ;^DOn 9/21/24 4:02 PM, WM wrote:>On 21.09.2024 01:04, Richard Damon wrote:>
> On 9/20/24 2:13 PM, WM wrote:
>> On 20.09.2024 05:35, Richard Damon wrote:
>>> On 9/19/24 9:02 AM, WM wrote:
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>>>> "always another" is potential infinity. I am discussing actual infinity where all are there at once and no "always" is used.
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>>> So, then how do you describe that fact that there IS always another.
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>> The reason is that only a potentially infinite collection of elements can be utilzed.
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> But what keeps you from actually utilizing any of them?
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The fact that every used number belongs to a finite initial segment upon which almost all numbers are following.
So, we can just choose the finite initial segment that includes that number, and thus can use it,
But you cannot choose the infinite rest.
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