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by PebblesRox 1318 days ago
But I don't think Bob is a valid name because if I use it to refer to the cardinality of the naturals, nobody would know what I'm talking about.

I don't see why I have to reject aleph null just because I reject Bob.

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If it were called "Bob", students would inevitably read their profs' handwriting as "eight hundred six", leading to all sorts of hilarious confusion.