thomblake comments on Intuitions Aren't Shared That Way - Less Wrong

31 Post author: lukeprog 29 November 2012 06:19AM

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Comment author: thomblake 30 November 2012 08:22:33PM 1 point [-]

Here we do get infinite strings, if we want them.

Not in English, I'd say. But you do get an infinite set of finite strings of arbitrary length.

Comment author: RobbBB 30 November 2012 08:29:05PM 5 points [-]

'Rule 338(b) of the English Language: Sentences stop being grammatical when the number of morphemes equals ω₁. Seriously. Don't do that shit. It's obnoxious.'