Poemranker [Replying] Mon May 06 05:08:31 PDT 2024

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-=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.

26-Mar-05/2:46 PM

No.

I did not say the valves are "of the same kind." That's something you just invented.

Stop imagining that I am talking about a single valve, or a single type of valve, that is identical open and closed. That seems to be the main source of your confusion.

I am simply saying that there is a one-to-one correspondence between two sets. You can't seem to fit that into your head. Do you know what a one-to-one correspondence is?

Think about the set of positive numbers, and the set of negative numbers. For every positive number, there is a negative number with the same absoulte value. For every negative number, there is a positive number with the same absolute value. Therefore there is a one-to-one correspondence between the two sets.

Do you accept that there is a one-to-one correspondence between the set of all possible open valves and the set of all possible closed valves?

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