maybe we were not meant to…
The one philosopher early in this video states infinity is an illusion just like the speed of light once was. That doesn’t make sense does it? There are people on both sides of the debate here, and this is a disagreement that has lasted for centuries. Well here is a fascinating video covering this controversial discussion. And the discussion is about one property that spreads throughout the universe:
“The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man,” said David Hilbert, one of the most influential mathematicians of the 19th century. A subject extensively studied by philosophers, mathematicians, and more recently, physicists and cosmologists, infinity still stands as an enigma of the intellectual world. Thinkers clash over questions such as: Does infinity exist? Can it be found in the physical world? What types of infinity are there? Through an interdisciplinary discussion with some of the world’s leading thinkers, this program will delve into the many facets of infinity and address some of the deepest questions and controversies that mention of the infinite continues to inspire.
Let’s find out what these scientists and philosophers have to say about infinity in the video on page 2
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Depends on what its an infinity of. If its an infinity of protons and neutrons or something, its an infinity of deception. If its an infinity of enlightenment that sees through the deception as it grasps the bigger picture, its an infinity of truth.
Infinity is real and it’s not beyond comprehension. Were it so we wouldn’t have the concept of infinity in the first place.
Infinity is just the energizer bunny
It keeps going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going etc etc etc etc etc
Umm. I understand infinity very well. I can even multiply and divide it.
I can.
I damn sure ain’t gonna waste over an hour to listen to them discuss infinity. The answer is we will never know. We have nothing out there to prove infinity. We can’t us the outter space. We wouldn’t be able to measure. Or find an end point. It is jus stupid.
I use the word infinity not actually meaning it. Figure of speech. I tell my wife I love her infinity. Which in my mind I do. But infinity to me doesn’t exist. My thoughts. U are entitled to yours
I think infinity is proven simply enough by trying to find the first number or trying to find the last number. Numbers being infinite is the closest thing to infinity we got, but it’s factual. Numbers prove infinity. My personal opinion.
Infinite could be space leading us in a circle over and over infinitely as well.
That what she said.
It’s just an abstract concept we have pieced together to find patterns in a vast and lonely universe.
So having negative 2 apples is a thing?
Having a wrong idea is a thing.
Infinity stupidity I guess is a thing too.
You certainly proved infinite arrogance.
Just stupidity to try and figure out infinity. The meaning is endless, so therefore the math is. What a waste of a mind to debate a term that neither can or should be redifined.
Is infinite endless or just something that goes nowhere?
What model based on modern physics says the earth will end? My understanding is it will reach a perfect balance of energy eventually. Doesn’t mean it’s going to end. It doesn’t mean time has stopped.
Well seeing as “time” itself is an illusion it wid make sense infinite is juz a word to describe a never ending measurement of time sooooooo ….. Dis aint rocket science guys masters of the obvious
Im sitting here thinkin da same$#%&!@*dis is juz a how u keep an idiot busy for hours type article
What if c-a-t was pronounced dog?
It’s something that’s finite that is hard to wrap my head around. And the speed of light is an illusion? And here I have been thinking that c=186000 miles per second.
It’s infinite size not distance..
A conundrum for philosophers, yet easy for lawyers, who deal in imaginary concepts daily. Justice, truth, equity, corporations, and condominiums are all legal fiction, just ideas. Law is frequently ideas colliding with ideas. Infinity? Just one more, like “in perpetuity”.
I will be I was I am. Infinity
Has anyone ever tried to figure out if the .14159ect in Pi, is just a fraction? Example 1/3 is .333333 – infinitely
There may be infinity, but in our reality because of the forces governing physical law all the elements will eventually degrade as they loose their neutrons leaving a universe without matter if the universe lasts that long.
You, I like you.
“Forgive me, but to me you’ve been dead for centuries.”
Infinity is easy.
The void is infinite. The void is nothing. The Universe is something which exists in the midst of nothing. The universe has definable limits. Beyond the borders of the univers is the infinite void.
Those interested should look at Zeno’s paradox of motion, which deals intimately with the idea of infinities. Those who are scientifically inclined should look at how the paradox impacts the ideas from the theory of relativity. The funny thing is that there are actually seeming contradictions in our universe when we take time as discrete instances, rather than infentessimal limits.
The ideal gas law shows us there is no ideal gas. Infinity and time are illusions we use for posterity and organization. The Big Bang is a cycle.
A true waste of a mind is to not think about these sorts of things
Time is a construct of man to try to describe infinity. Think outside the box. Picture a circle and try to trace around it with your finger till you find the starting point of the line it is drawn with. You can’t because you just keep going round and round an infinite number of times.
Or until the universe ends, which means there is a finite number of times the circle was completed
Infinity is not a number but an idea. It makes sense that numbers could be an infinite set. It makes enough sense that it feels like I must be right. Yet you cannot prove it unless there was an infinite universe which also cannot be proven. Then again, infinity it just an idea so saying that there may be true infinities in our universe would be correct
When the milky way and Andromeda galaxies collide, earth will either end up in the belly of the new galaxy, or will be flung out into space, a lifeless rock. Either way… gone.
What makes you think the universe will end? Maybe it will restart as another type of universe. According to Einstein, energy cannot be created or destroyed and mass is just a form of highly condensed energy, E=MC^2. This leads me to belive the universe cannot end, perhaps only transform into a new one.
I doubt there’s a wall that stops space from going further
Duh! The big bang is bullshit! The universe itself is infinite and will never end. It uses matter to create energy and then uses that energy to create more matter and so on and so on and so on…..geez! Lmao! 😉
Three local “big bangs”expanded at the speed of light creating atoms in their vorticies sic .We are all still expanding at the speed of light if it is true that an object in motion tends to stay in motion.
There’s but one infinity, the creator, its simple. Science, math can’t explain it because it has no boundaries, it cannot be examined. Man is limited so how can he explain the limitless? Riddle me that batman ?!
We come from nothing, we go back to nothing. What have we gained?
Right now the universe is expanding, but eventually gravity will take over again and make the universe contract, until it is so tight that there is another big bang. The new universe will not be the same as the old one, so our infinity will only exist until there is another new universe. If that takes billions and billions of years that would be infinty to us but in all reality it would have an endpoint.
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I believe in the inflation theory myself and multiverses
Time is not real it’s just something to make you put a limit on things
the weak and small font makes your article difficult to read:
show some respect to your readers
I meant to say universe. I don’t know why I said earth.
Mankind is made of mind, soul and spirit. Things spiritual are understood by the spirit first and then felt in soul before it can be recognized by mind Infinity is my car
Truth is………..nobody knows. Thats the brilliance behind it.
Infinity is where our ability (known and unknown ) break down. To go beyond is to calculate it from beyond that point. It is a mathematical event horizon