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Topic: Where does infinity start?
Replies: 18   Last Post: Nov 11, 2008 10:40 PM

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Re: Where does infinity start?
Posted: Nov 10, 2008 10:55 PM
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On Nov 10, 8:51 pm, calvin <cri...@windstream.net> wrote:
> On Nov 10, 6:56 pm, BURT <macromi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Does it start at zero?
> > Does it start at the infinitely small nonzero?
>
> The best kind of infinity burns both ends
> of the candle.

Are we speaking of the potential, or the actualized infinity?

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