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minus-squarerain_worl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·14 hours agoconsider two sets: set a and set b. both set a and b contain all horses, ane nothing else. they are always equivalent.
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 hours agoset a contains all horses. set b contains all ponysonas
minus-squarevery_well_lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoBut how can set b contain all of the horses if they’re already in set a???
minus-squaresteventhedev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 hours agoGotcha. So all horses are purple?
minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·13 hours agoSure, but does the set of all sets that don’t include themselves include itself?
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 hours agoEasy. If and only if the integer sequence A053169 contains the number 53169
consider two sets: set a and set b. both set a and b contain all horses, ane nothing else. they are always equivalent.
set a contains all horses. set b contains all ponysonas
But how can set b contain all of the horses if they’re already in set a???
Gotcha. So all horses are purple?
Sure, but does the set of all sets that don’t include themselves include itself?
Easy. If and only if the integer sequence A053169 contains the number 53169
Yesn’t.