(March 1, 2016 at 8:40 am)Rhythm Wrote: Infinite regress is a problem for logic, not for the universe. We can't reach a conclusion out of infinite regress, by definition. That's what's impossible...more accurately, not infinite regress itself. In that context and that context -alone- is infinite regress a problem of any kind. Claiming that infinite regress, itself, is impossible or a problem for the universe, is analogous to claiming that because your hammer failed to drive a nail...there's something wrong with the universe.
Infinite regress is not the problem of logic rather by logic infinite regress is impossible and you have contradicted your own statement by saying “We can't reach a conclusion out of infinite regress, by definition” which is true by logic.
Infinite regress poses no problem for the universe in whatsoever sense because universe is perfectly in a stable state. Your example of hammer makes no sense in the context of infinite regress.
