Douglas_Knight comments on Edward Nelson claims proof of inconsistency in Peano Arithmetic - Less Wrong
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I think Richard Kennaway's answer is correct and it seems to me to be opposite to your original answer. The non-limiting case is not interesting. The question is whether there is a coherent extension of Newtonian mechanics to infinitely many particles. It does cover this case and the center of mass still works.
I think this paradox shows that the answer is no.
I can't figure out what this sentence was intended to mean.
Richard Kennaway's answer