There is a sense in which infinity is the most finite concept, that it turns more than a trillion unfathomably large numbers into one tiny easy-to-digest idea... like a thought-terminating cliche of >
Clearly you've never listened to mathematicians talk about infinities. Things get weird when you try to develop concepts around the inconceivably large and small. If infinity is a thought terminating cliche from your perspective, my suggestion would be to change your perspective.
There is a sense in which infinity is the most finite concept, that it turns more than a trillion unfathomably large numbers into one tiny easy-to-digest idea... like a thought-terminating cliche of > | Spyke
5 replies
Love it.
And the opposite is true of zero. It turns nothing into something.
Infinity is not a number . (oblig. Numberphile)
Riemann sphere has entered the chat
It's not a number and yet you can still do maths with it
Clearly you've never listened to mathematicians talk about infinities. Things get weird when you try to develop concepts around the inconceivably large and small. If infinity is a thought terminating cliche from your perspective, my suggestion would be to change your perspective.