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MourYother | 1 year ago

> you can just chain thing forever

I think you're going to find out that no, you can't, and this impossibility is going to trivially demonstrate itself.

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bornfreddy|1 year ago

Recite 99 bottles of beer on the wall, but start from 1 and change so the number increases? Stop when there are no remaining numbers or when you reach infinity, whichever comes first.

marcosdumay|1 year ago

So, is this a proposal to test how long it takes for you to lose your count?

snapcaster|1 year ago

Can you say more? English doesn't have any cap on sentence length I think i'm missing your point

MourYother|1 year ago

> English doesn't have any cap on sentence length

Well, yes and no. Constructing this "infinite" sentence will run into some serious problems once the last star burns out, possibly sooner.

Teever|1 year ago

"I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."