Isn't infinite an abstract mathematical term? Is there anything in physics that is actually infinite? Other than theoretically. And by theoretically I mean such as mass at the speed of light - not existing in reality.
Infinite gives you sufficient "probability resources' to go anywhere you wish with any possible theoretic supposition.
But isn't this essentially a cosmic punt scientifically?
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Is there anything in physics that is actually infinite?
I tend to think not (hence my inclusion of 'perhaps' in my parenthetical remarks). But certainly physicists use infinite spaces of various sorts in their theorizing—e.g., finite-dimensional de Sitter spaces containing infinite spacetime volume, infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces, etc..
Infinite gives you sufficient "probability resources' to go anywhere you wish with any possible theoretic supposition.
I think you might be using 'infinite' in a colloquial sense rather than a mathematical one. The infinite spaces of mathematics are well-defined objects with specific properties that are not subject to arbitrary modification.