Can You Actually Count Past Infinity?

The experimenter and philosopher Vsause lists out some of his sources in making this video:

Sources and links to learn more below!

I’m very grateful to mathematician Hugh Woodin, Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at Harvard, for taking the time on multiple occasions to discuss this topic with me and help me wrap my (finite) head around it.

I’m also grateful to David Eisenbud, the Director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) and professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, for his help and for connecting me with Hugh Woodin.

And of course, big thanks to Brady Haran who created the “mile of pi” seen in this video and connected me with all these mathematicians in the first place. His channel, Numberphile, is superb: https://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile

He also seems appreciative and that is the cool thing about the internet.  You have access to the math papers and research from universities such as Cal and others to work with.

We hope you enjoy the video.



4 Comments

  1. David Hua Ken Cheng said:

    The$#%&!@*and Yin Yang are Sacred Symbols of Buddhism and Hinduism represent EVERYTHING Infinity. Modern day configuration of figure 8 derived from this concept of Infinity. Infinity embraced many forms – the raising and setting of the Sun to the Creation Of Universes – Continuity of life – Nature in an endless flow of Energy of no beginning and no ending. Beyond infinite is Infinity.

  2. John Gadient said:

    The ideal gas law states there is no ideal gas. Similarly infinity is not a number but a number beyond. It’s a human concept like time. It’s chauvinistically human.

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