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[โ€“] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

If the train killed only left handed people, you should still be left with infinite train proof right handed people.

Well, infinite left-hand-killing-train proof people, we don't know about other trains.

[โ€“] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 1 points 22 hours ago

While true, my point was that this is a thought experiment to show that subtracting infinite countable sets from infinite countable sets does not leave you necessarily with an infinite countable set.