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<blockquote data-quote="Harte" data-source="post: 88047" data-attributes="member: 443"><p>There's a problem with the idea that all things that can exist will exist. It's not mathematically defensible.</p><p> </p><p>That is to say that an infinite number of possibilities need not include every imaginable possibility to be infinite. Simply put, infinity minus one still equals infinity.</p><p> </p><p>To put a finer point on it, look at the number line. We know by definition that the number of positive integers is infinite. This infinite set contains not a single negative number. Hence every possibility is not covered, but the set in question is still infinite.</p><p> </p><p>Taking it even further, the set of ALL integers is the same size as the set of all positive integers. The set of all rational numbers, which contains the set of all integers, is also that same size.</p><p> </p><p>Lastly, there are an infinite number more irrational numbers between the integers one and two on the number line than there are integers on the entire number line.</p><p> </p><p>Just because an infinite number of possibilities might exist, that in no way indicates that all possibilities would then exist.</p><p> </p><p>Harte</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harte, post: 88047, member: 443"] There's a problem with the idea that all things that can exist will exist. It's not mathematically defensible. That is to say that an infinite number of possibilities need not include every imaginable possibility to be infinite. Simply put, infinity minus one still equals infinity. To put a finer point on it, look at the number line. We know by definition that the number of positive integers is infinite. This infinite set contains not a single negative number. Hence every possibility is not covered, but the set in question is still infinite. Taking it even further, the set of ALL integers is the same size as the set of all positive integers. The set of all rational numbers, which contains the set of all integers, is also that same size. Lastly, there are an infinite number more irrational numbers between the integers one and two on the number line than there are integers on the entire number line. Just because an infinite number of possibilities might exist, that in no way indicates that all possibilities would then exist. Harte [/QUOTE]
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