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That's a good point. Our brain tends to interpret it as a sequence rather than a condition. So it probably confuses us for the same reason that it confuses us that 1/3 is 0.3333... and 3/3 is 0.999... and 0.999... = 1 because it's not like it's forever trying to get to 1, it's actually just 1.

The proof that there are infinitely more real than natural numbers is very neatly explained in the video I posted, you just have to sit through it :P

04-12-2013 10:22 AM #1
oskar View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Join Date Apr 2008 Posts 7,019 Location in ur accounts... confiscating ur funz	@rilla That's a good point. Our brain tends to interpret it as a sequence rather than a condition. So it probably confuses us for the same reason that it confuses us that 1/3 is 0.3333... and 3/3 is 0.999... and 0.999... = 1 because it's not like it's forever trying to get to 1, it's actually just 1. The proof that there are infinitely more real than natural numbers is very neatly explained in the video I posted, you just have to sit through it :P
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04-12-2013 10:30 AM #2
kiwiMark View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Join Date Jul 2009 Posts 3,455 Location Nu Zuland bru	Originally Posted by oskar The proof that there are infinitely more real than natural numbers is very neatly explained in the video I posted, you just have to sit through it :P nope :P

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