It's simple: Those numbers--1 and 1 minus 0.999..., in which ... means 9s stretching forever-- differ by exactly by 0....1--that is, by forever--by infinity--followed by a 1.

But you've made it TOO simple.

When you try to write it as 0...1 you forget that the 9's are infinite, therefore you never get to the 1. The 1 does not exist, except in your mind. You do not understand the problem.

You can do the same thing to any other problem in order to introduce a contradiction that isn't there. But it still doesn't make it so.

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• the 1 does not exist, except in your mind - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 16 2012 @ 01:54 PM EST
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