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|    Re: Dark Points    |
|    18 Dec 25 12:57:50    |
      From: wolfgang.mueckenheim@tha.de              Am 18.12.2025 um 11:20 schrieb Mikko:       > On 17/12/2025 20:22, wm wrote:       >> Am 17.12.2025 um 11:10 schrieb Mikko:       >>> 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.       >>>       >> Dark points are existing but cannot be identified by their co-       >> ordinates. The existence of such points is clearly proven by the first       >> and and the last point of an open interval.       >       > In the space of hatural numbers there is an interval from the point 4       > to the point 5. How does the existence of these points prove that       > there are dark numbers?              For every point x < 5 there are points between x and 5. But in actual       infinity these points are not created by the attempt to name them. They       all are existing with no exception.       >       > As no defintion of "dark point" is given nothing can be proven about       > dark points.              Dark points are existing but not yet named.              Regards, WM              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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