Re: consequences of infinities
Dawn Flood <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.atheism,alt.checkmate |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 8/7/2026 7:11 PM, 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. As I mentioned above, Google "cardinality of the continuum ".