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> Similarly when people say "the rationals are countable" and "the computable numbers are countable" this is taking for granted the Cantor notion of measuring c
by discarded1023 2mo ago
> Similarly when people say "the rationals are countable" and "the computable numbers are countable" this is taking for granted the Cantor notion of measuring cardinality by bijective correspondence, once again, a theory that yields nothing of value except endless paradoxes and naval-gazing nonsense.
You may enjoy a recent update on that story [0] that maybe avoids a few paradoxes and looks at things other than navels.
[0] https://nicholasdibella.com/cantor.pdf https://nicholasdibella.com/cantor.pdf
- poetaster 2mo agoThanks! That was a nice read.