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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There being a person for every real number doesn't mean there's a person at every real point on the track. If it did, then there would be people inside of each other, and we can visually see that the people are laid down next to one another.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

No. If you put them in order one after another you are not talking about the real numbers. There is no "next" real number and no possible way to visit them all one at a time like with the rationals.