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Double "huh?" -- I am intrigued, but puzzled. Is this supposed to be an allegory about how doing too much math isn't good?
No, it's just trying to envisage a world in which arithmetic really was inconsistent, and show how non-sensical it seems.
Greg Egan's Luminous is another handling of the concept.
Ok, I thought you were trying to say something about pointless time-killing for transcended humans. I think studying the math would produce more mental weirdness than counting up to the last number.