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Newsgroups: sci.math
From: step...@nomail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:17:21 +0000 (UTC)
Local: Thurs, Apr 6 2006 5:17 pm
Subject: Re: Calculus XOR Probability
Han de Bruijn <Han.deBru...@dto.tudelft.nl> wrote:
> step...@nomail.com wrote: Why even search for "significant"? Your claim seemed to be >> So your new claim is that when an unbrainwashed physicist >> uses the word 'infinite', they mean 'finite but very large'. >> And apparently one of the prerequisites for being unbrainwashed >> is to use the word 'infinite' to mean 'finite but very large'. >> Well, I suppose I can't disagree with that. > Allright. Let's drop the "brainwashed" and search for "significant". > Han de Bruijn that physicists in general used "infinite" to mean "finite, but very large". If this is the case, then the rank and file are the ones to ask. A single "significant" physicist who uses unorthodox terminology does prove your point. Now if you were to ask a physicist if the Universe was Or if you asked about the infinities that renormalization Stephen You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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