gjm comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Ezekiel 02 April 2012 11:05:42AM 2 points [-]

Depends on the infinity. Ordinal infinities change when you add one to them.

If we're restricting ourselves to actual published fiction, I present Cory Doctorow's Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town. The protagonist's parents are a mountain and a washing machine, it gets weirder from there, and the whole thing is played completely straight.

Comment author: gjm 03 April 2012 10:58:12AM 2 points [-]

Ordinal infinities change when you add one to them.

Depends on which end you add one at. :-)

(I mention this not because I think there's any danger Ezekiel doesn't know it, but just because it might pique someone's curiosity.)