My Complaint

I must tell you about Mr Cantor. He's this mathematician guy who, about 150 years ago or so, if my memory does not fail me, ended up in a looney asylum because of his love for infinity. Corny as it is, he is now studied everywhere.

He started with the assumption that there is an infinite number of rational numbers. These are numbers (rational coming from Latin ratio - in the meaning of relation) that can be shown as complete fractions. So - 1/2, 1/3 etc. However, there are also irrational numbers - those that cannot be written as fractions; for example - 3.14.

But Cantor, not content with this, actually proved there are infinitely more irrational numbers lurking between every gap between two rational numbers! In ancient Greece, when these were discovered, the members of the cult vowed to secrecy in order not to scare people.

Now as I heard them say even leaves follow fractals, I generally believe there is a close union between the natural sciences and scholarship. Even my literature teacher will draw you a history line and prove past is seen from a different angle as you move up its axis.

But I've bored you enough. The punchline is - I would, with an intended humorous effect, like to state there are infinitely more irrational people than their rational counterparts. Then there are the boring ones, irrespective of the category.