Person: If I start at 0 and count up in infinitesimal increments to the number one how many numbers must I count?

Wiseman: infinite

Person: and if i start at 0 and count up in infinitesimal increments an infinite number of times what number will I arrive at?

Wiseman: all of them

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@freemo @math

A countable union of measure zero sets still has measure zero

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@tomtom

Indeed, this isnt intended to represent any sort of accepted mathematical model or anything. I was careful to pick "wiseman" not "mathematician"

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@freemo @math

Haha yeah I was just trying to be clever. There certainly is something wise about the wiseman tho.

@tomtom

Yea I thought the idea poignant even if not being mathematically useful.

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