RE: Does 0 = Infinity?
February 23, 2016 at 8:54 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2016 at 8:59 pm by bennyboy.)
As a philosophical idea, I've seen flavors of this idea in the Bible: "I am the alpha and the omega" implies that the beginning and end, which are both unfathomable in some sense, can be equated, and also that this equation is one way to look at the apparent paradox in the universe. It's not that infinity and zero are really different-- but that our perspective on them makes them seem so.
Carl Sagan's foundation series has a cute little plot twist on this idea as well. We normally think of a number LINE, but what if a line isn't the right way to represent inifinity? When you change that conceptual geometry, neat stuff can happen. I've probably already spoiled it for you if you haven't read the series. . . but if you haven't read it go read it.
Carl Sagan's foundation series has a cute little plot twist on this idea as well. We normally think of a number LINE, but what if a line isn't the right way to represent inifinity? When you change that conceptual geometry, neat stuff can happen. I've probably already spoiled it for you if you haven't read the series. . . but if you haven't read it go read it.
