[zero-sharp]

To have a thought, you have to be able to represent the objects of that thought in your brain. One of the first answers you see in the thread is somebody making an argument related to mathematics: "N+1 is greater than N" counts as a thought, for any N (therefore there are infinitely many thoughts). But umm, for very very large N, I don't think anyone is actually representing N in their brain (practically or even theoretically). Some numbers are so large, so as to take days/months/years/decades to recite. Why should those thoughts count?

edit: looks like people are talking about that too.

I think when we alias numbers, we're not necessarily representing them cognitively.