understanding probability

[Zbigniew Koziol]

On 09/08/13 19:03, Christopher Browne wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Eric B <gyre-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> To put it more simply, infinity doesn't exist.
> It's a highly convenient abstraction.  Just like having the "C" constant in an
> indefinite integral; it's not real, but highly, highly useul.

I thought about commenting on this earlier.

Infinity is just exactly the same abstract concept as 0, minus one, or 
even digit 1. It exists and does not exists at the same time in exactly 
the same manner. Or as "number" pi=3.154159256..., or e - the base of 
natural logarithm, or number sqrt(-1). Or aleph zero. Or as infinity to 
power of infinity, etc. And there we have for instance such beautiful 
relations between numbers of which each of them is perfectely abstract: 
-1 = e^(i*pi)
[...]
zb.

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