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Ep 14: Ch 8, Part 2: "A Window on Infinity"

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In the 18 seventies, canto proved that not all infinities are equal. The infinity of thecontinuum is much larger than the infinity of the natural numbers. There are many versions of the diagonal argument in showing that certain kinds of infinity are bigger than other kinds of infinity. If you write down every single permutation of zeros and ones in an infinitely long list, will you be able to capture a certain pattern?

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