Re: consequences of infinities
Lane W <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.atheism,alt.checkmate |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
jojo wrote: > Dawn Flood wrote: >> On 8/7/2026 9:36 AM, jojo wrote: >>> Dawn Flood wrote: >>>> On 8/6/2026 10:07 AM, jojo wrote: >>>>> if there are infinite universii, then there exists not just one >>>>> universe in which you are the most important human and the main >>>>> character on earth, but infinitely many. >>>>> >>>>> that is what infinite does, it makes everything meaningless. >>>>> >>>>> but i certainly want to be a very important human, very important. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Jojo, My Dear, you are SO special!! >>>> >>>> As for your comprehension of an infinite universe, well, "no". Let's >>>> start here: >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinality_of_the_continuum >>>> >>>> It's a technical article, to be sure, but, here's the take-home >>>> message: >>>> >>>> The set of real numbers is infinite, but all real numbers are, >>>> without exception (we're going to ignore the hyperreals for now), >>>> finite. >>>> >>>> And, so, our Universe could be infinite in both space or time (or, >>>> both), but that does not mean that there are "infinitely many" >>>> characters or of "you"! >>>> >>>> And, so, you're special!! And, your life is absolutely & utterly >>>> priceless, and so, live every single moment that you can to the >>>> utter & complete fullest!! >>>> >>>> Dawn >>>> >>>> >>> >>> i mean if the universe is infinite then these big bangs could also >>> happen within them infinitely? there is also that inflation thing >>> with many bubble universes. >>> >>> my problem is that it seems the words magic and infinite are >>> interchangeable. nothing can infinitely exist. >>> >>> everyone is very special, special needs everyone has. >>> >> >> What's the alternative to an infinite Universe? (Answer: one that is >> finite in space and/or in time.) Even if our Universe is infinite >> does not at all imply "bubble Universes," the various multiverses, or >> whatever. > > is there something between finite and infinite? not exactly infinite but > not exactly finite. infinite is where our understanding ends and i dont > like that. > The only reason the universe is infinite is because it stops at a wall, but no one can walk out there and knock on the wall and show it's there. It's a bit like the Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle. Since no one has gone out and knocked on the edge, it's classified as infinite. It's going to be awhile before humans get off their lazy bones and just go do it.