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Re:A Bad Trip to Infinity by cscurmudgeon on Saturday March 25, 2023 @08:49PM (#35309346)
"If you are counting a set that is larger than your count"

What does that mean?

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Re:A Bad Trip to Infinity by nico on Saturday March 25, 2023 @09:30PM (#35309677)
If you want to count 4 natural numbers, your count is going to be 4, but the set of natural numbers is infinite. The set is larger than the count.
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