ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Controversy over Cantor's theory

The controversy over Cantor's theory is about two different ideas of understanding numbers. Cantor's theory says that some sets of numbers (like the set of even or odd numbers) are bigger than other numbers. This is different from what most people thought before, which is that all sets of numbers are the same size. People are still arguing about which idea of understanding numbers is correct.