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|    Re: Dark Points    |
|    17 Dec 25 12:10:45    |
      From: mikko.levanto@iki.fi              On 15/12/2025 19:18, wm wrote:       > The actual infinity is for instance when we "consider the points of an       > interval as a totality that is completely existing" [Hilbert, 1925]. The       > points of a line, when completely existing, have a first and a last one       > because never two or more can exist besides each other. This cannot       > happen other than by dark points.       As no definition of "dark point" is given it is possible that no point       is dark and that every point is dark. The "proof" does not identify       any feature of a point that would dfferentiate dark from non-dark.              --       Mikko              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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