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      I prefer my coffee in a Klein bottle. I only drink ∞ a day

  • kitnaht@lemmy.world
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    But there are infinities which are larger and smaller than other infinities.

    -infinity is smaller than +infinity for the most simple example.

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      Sure, “-∞ < ∞” is a useful concept, but it is not the same thing as when we talk about the sizes of infinities. What we mean by that is how many numbers it contains: (1,2,3,4…) contains fewer numbers than (1.0,…,1.1,…,1.5,…,2.0,…,2.5,…), but how large the actual numbers are, doesn’t matter. The second example contains just as many numbers, is just as “large”, as (1.0,…,2.0).

      edit: Sorry for the snarky tone, I was going for nerd maths boy. Hope I at least am technically correct.

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    And that’s why nothing in nature is infinite. Except human stupidity if you want to believe Einstein.

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    The symbol of infinite is a stand in for a constraint, or an idea. That’s not the same thing as the real world expression or experience of that idea.

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    Life has no meaning. That gives us the freedom to create what meaning we want.