ruminating on @vgr's distinction of punctated yet non-terminating "processes" vs "projects" which are defined by their completion. just got to the chapter in this (well, one of them) on infinity: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Mathematics-Come-Embodied-Brings/dp/0465037712?tag=doriantaylor-20 …
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that book is actually pretty interesting—tldr is some processes have termination built into the concept while for others termination is outside the concept: they are simply aborted when their side effects have produced the desired result
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err tldr for the (first of many) chapter on infinity
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