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Infinity Is a Beautiful Concept – And It’s Ruining Physics
Discover Magazine ^
| 2/20/15
| Max Tegmark
Posted on 02/20/2015 6:01:20 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: ClearCase_guy
What you cannot understand destroy.
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:20:10 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:24:46 PM PST
by
aquila48
To: dragnet2
I am. Time does not “continue into infinity”. Infinity and time are apples and oranges.
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:26:30 PM PST
by
9thLife
("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
∞/∞ is simply 3 symbols which has no meaning. Ever. Of any kind.
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:27:50 PM PST
by
FredZarguna
(Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Actually, it can be demonstrated that there is one-to-one correspondence between the two sets. Mathematicians refer to both as “countable infinitives”.
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:29:52 PM PST
by
kosciusko51
(Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
To: kosciusko51
Countable infinitives. Stupid spell check...
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:31:22 PM PST
by
kosciusko51
(Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
To: kosciusko51
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:32:25 PM PST
by
kosciusko51
(Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
To: LibWhacker
Descarte: I think, therefore I am.
Cry if I Wanna: I think I think, therefore I think I am.
To: onedoug
To: Yaelle
Infinity is too big to fail! ;-)
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:40:09 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: ClearCase_guy
To: LibWhacker
At some point the numbers exceed the size and particles in the universe, and are confined to theoretical discussions with pencil and paper...
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:41:43 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: windcliff
Infinity Is a Beautiful ConceptUntil one considers it.
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:41:49 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: who_would_fardels_bear
D’oh, re-reading your post, the set of integers and rational are “countable”, but the set of reals is not. Sorry for the error...
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:43:06 PM PST
by
kosciusko51
(Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
To: 9thLife
Since I never suggested or brought up “time continuing into infinity”, I’m not sure what your point here is.
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:44:50 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: onedoug
I was cautioned in my youth to not contemplate “infinity”. They said it would lead to insanity. I think most physicists are insane. I was also told not to stare at the sun.
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:47:33 PM PST
by
HandyDandy
(Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
To: LibWhacker
To: LibWhacker
I think the problem here is the use of a property not founded (that is not located anywhere) in nature. When talking about scientific inquiry, the study of the elements is always dealing in finite realities since the material world is by definition finite.
And so the question arises, why would science make use of a property which never occurs or appears in the natural world? Not even does it seemingly appear in mathematics as an actual number, since no one can count to an infinity.
However, the concept infinity is somehow graspable to the human mind, but in fact, taken for granted as an existing property of measurable reality. By definition, as an unbounded reality, infinity should not be measured with. But is that really done in science? I’m not qualified to even know if I’m asking the right question there.
Its a curious question, leading to many more unknown questions. I do believe that Human minds grasp metaphysical realities beyond physics however.
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:54:34 PM PST
by
Bayard
To: 9thLife
Anyway, it’s a waste of time to discuss this at this venue, as it will be reduced to potty talk and or not so clever quips.
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:55:49 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: LibWhacker
You can eat a whole banana. If you cut it into 7 slices it's easier to eat with a fork. Once you cut it into more that 15 pieces it starts to get stupid. But diced into 37 or more pieces then you can use a spoon and it's okay again.
A spork has purpose along the way. You must decide! YOU MUST DECIDE!!!
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posted on
02/20/2015 6:57:19 PM PST
by
Sirius Lee
(All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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