Once Upon a Time in Shaolin RZA replied that the 88-year ban was necessary to maintain the integrity of the album as a work of art and to deflect any notions of a grand marketing or publicity stunt. According to him, the number 8 bears symbolic significance because there were eight original members of the Wu-Tang Clan, the numbers of the year 2015 add up to eight, Paddle8 has eight in its name, and a rotated eight is the symbol for infinity, which was used on their second album "Wu-Tang Forever". Wu-Tang later released an official statement saying that, although the music may not be sold
Actual infinity actu non datur" as an irrefutable principle. (G. Cantor [3, p. 174]) The number of points in a segment one ell long is its true measure. (R. Grosseteste [9, p. 96]) Actual infinity exists in number, time and quantity. (J. Baconthorpe [9, p. 96]) During the Renaissance and by early modern times the voices in favor of actual infinity were rather rare. The continuum actually consists of infinitely many indivisibles (G. Galilei [9, p. 97]) I am so in favour of actual infinity. (G.W. Leibniz [9, p. 97]) The majority agreed with the well-known quote of Gauss: I protest against