(November 16, 2014 at 2:18 pm)Rhythm Wrote: "Infinity has no end, so it cannot pass" is an artifact of language between passing/ending. The -therefore- doesn't follow anyway, I guess that makes the artifact irrelevant but it's interesting when we see them. Have you considered that a contributing factor in our inability to discuss infinity (and our dissatisfaction with the discussion) is due to our inexperience with the subject? Our notions of time (and our experience of time) were not built with an eye for accomodating infinity.
An eternity has no end. An infinity has no beginning or end. Relating to my original post, I do consider the possibility that we have experience with infinity. The "uncomfortable" relation with infinity comes as a result of going against 'what we know'.
Quote:How would, as a fun side note, something with "thoughts" built out of matter process infinity? How might that be accomplished? How are we to treat infinity as a variable?
That requires the assumption that this is all real rather than a product of our awareness. 'Brain in a vat' if you will.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
