Originally Posted By: Bill S.
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The mystery to me is the same as you why are they getting hung up over infinity


Is trying to understand something the same as "getting hung up over" it?


I think the problem here is that Orac and I don't see why you are having a problem with the concept of infinity. Infinity is very simple. It just means that, even in principle, you can't measure the "stuff" that you are talking about. Using apples for example, if you have an infinite number of apples it means you have: apple apple apple apple...infinity. In practice you can't have an infinite number of apples, but in concept you can. And that is all that infinity means.

To me infinity is a useful concept, but it doesn't really have any significant impact on my understanding of the universe. Now if you are an advanced mathematician you can get all involved in the various sizes of infinities. Because there are several sizes of infinity. Maybe to get a handle on it you might want to look at the Wiki article.

Bill Gill

C is not the speed of light in a vacuum.
C is the universal speed limit.