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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: The mathematical constraints of set theory
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:36:26 +0100
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Timothy Golden <timbandtech@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 5:14:00 PM UTC-4, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
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>> I did not find anything resembling a definition of "productive set" in 
>> what you wrote. The term did not even appear in your reply. 
>> 
>> Would it not have been simpler to have said something like "sorry, I did 
>> not mean productive set" or "I've not yet decided what I mean by those 
>> words" or even "I don't want to say what I mean just yet"? 
> 
> Apologies, Ben. I meant 'productive' as in ordinary English language.

Ah.  OK.  I won't ask how that meaning could apply to a set because I
don't suppose you need me to understand you.

> Is your point really just a dodge anyways?

I like to know what people mean when they write things, but I don't
think you always like people to know what you mean, at least not without
a lot of chat first.

-- 
Ben.