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echo: philos
to: RICHARD MEIC
from: WILLIAM ELLIOT
date: 1998-01-31 03:25:00
subject: `Existence Exists`

 >>> Richard Meic on "Existence Exists" 
 
 WE> But a half infinite line [0, infinity) is of infinite length.  So
 WE> is the mirror image (-infinity, 0] which could be an universe that
 WE> alway was but comes to an end.  Negative integers a simple
 WE> example: ... -n-1, -n, ... ,-2, -1, 0 while the more accustomed 0,
 WE> 1, 2, ... ,n ,n+1, ... positive integers
 RM> Hey, I like that one.  Have you seen my "spagetti noodle with only one
 RM> end" analogy?  |)
Nope.  Negative integer example is notated by w* (actually small omega with a 
* exponent.  The positive integer example is notated by w.  Now w is without 
end while w* is without beginning while w* + w without beginning or end.  Now 
w + w* has a definite start at 1 but takes forever to get to it's end of 0.  
Mathematicians aren't content with just this however.  w + w, w + w + w, w + 
w + w + ...
 RM> BTW, that razor is sharp enough to cut a fundies beliefs to shreds.
Them dang beliefs are like starfish, the more slices, the more new beliefs.
... Alas, immortality is not biodegradable.
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