Imagine infinite set of, let's say, natural numbers. I choose one of the infinite numbers randomly. Let's call that number n. If I choose another number too, can it be the same number (n), theoretically?
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Choosing a number from infinite numbers
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As mentioned in the comments, there is no way that each natural can have the same probability. See this answer to "Can you pick a random natural number?..., for instance.
However, we can still pick a number randomly with unequal probabilities. For instance, suppose I choose a number by flipping a coin, and the number is the number of heads before the first tail. (If you want to include a case of flipping heads forever, let's say that also counts as the number $0$.)
I just got the following sequences of flips: $HHT,T,HT,T$. Which means that the number $0$ was randomly selected twice.