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Ideas for 'Why coherence is not enough', 'works' and 'The Particle Zoo'

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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space
10863 Cantor proved that three dimensions have the same number of points as one dimension [Cantor, by Clegg]
     Full Idea: Cantor proved that one-dimensional space has exactly the same number of points as does two dimensions, or our familiar three-dimensional space.
     From: report of George Cantor (works [1880]) by Brian Clegg - Infinity: Quest to Think the Unthinkable Ch.14
27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 5. Relational Space
21190 'Space' in physics just means location [Hesketh]
     Full Idea: 'Space' in physics really just means location.
     From: Gavin Hesketh (The Particle Zoo [2016], 06)
     A reaction: Location can, of course, only be specified relative to something else. Space is really an abstraction, but at least it means there is some sort of background to locate all the fundamental fields.