There Exists No Universal Set/Proof 2
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Theorem
There exists no set which is an absolutely universal set.
That is:
- $\map \neg {\exists \, \UU: \forall T: T \in \UU}$
where $T$ is any arbitrary object at all.
That is, a set that contains everything cannot exist.
Proof
Aiming for a contradiction, suppose such a $\UU$ exists.
By No Injection from Power Set to Set, $\powerset \UU$ has no injection to $\UU$.
Let $f : \powerset \UU \to \UU$ be the identity mapping.
By Identity Mapping is Injection, it is an injection, which leads to a contradiction.
$\blacksquare$