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Re:Mathematicians Measure Infinities, Find They’re Equal on Thursday September 14, 2017 @12:33AM (#15245035)
Why do mathematicians normally not distinguish between numbers for counting and numbers for measuring (length, volume, etc)? They are fundamentally different, and conflation makes many arguments hard to grasp.