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God created the real numbers

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moi2388 ◴[] No.45072108[source]
I am a finitist and constructionist at heart.

Sure, mathematical abstractions and infinite structures are fun to play around with..

But go ahead and actually provide me the list of all naturals. You can not. Ever.

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1. jojomodding ◴[] No.45073553[source]
But for any list of naturals you give me I can give you one with more natural numbers on it.
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2. moi2388 ◴[] No.45075198[source]
Exactly.