RE: Actual Infinity in Reality?
February 20, 2018 at 8:38 pm
(This post was last modified: February 20, 2018 at 8:39 pm by GrandizerII.)
(February 20, 2018 at 5:13 pm)polymath257 Wrote:(February 20, 2018 at 4:26 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Ok, so what you're saying (in the case of a finite universe) is that 'the totality of space at a certain time' is finite in the sense that eventually if you "movelessly" go across its full length (or whatever) in one direction, you eventually reach the point where you first began "movelessly" going (so basically a loop). Sort of like the surface of a ball, but we need to think in a higher dimension instead. IOW, finite does not always imply "edge". Did I get you right?
Yes. Finite in volume only. No edge
Well, a lot of blood and sweat were dropped, but consider me now convinced you have a good point here. I've always been aware of such concept, but for some reason, this didn't cross my mind here in this thread.