Nick Arnett wrote: > > No... some infinities are smaller than others, as is easily demonstrated. > > There are an infinite number of even numbers and an infinite number of odd > numbers. Those two infinities are the same size. However, there are an > infinite number of even AND odd numbers and that infinity is twice as big > as the first two. > > Makes your head hurt, doesn't it? > No, it doesn't, and you didn't quite express the paradox.
There are infinite even numbers, there are infinite odd numbers, there are as much even as odd numbers. The paradox is that there as many integer number as even numbers, even though only half of the integer numbers are even. What makes _my_ head hurt is writing bureaucratic memos :-/ Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
