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Re: How big is infinity?
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Aug 19, 2012 12:16 AM
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On 8/18/2012 9:24 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
> How big is infinity?
>> http://www.sciencedump.com/content/how-big-infinity
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> Submitted by Michiel on Fri, 08/17/2012 - 22:43
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> Explore the mind-boggling concept of the "infinity of infinities" and
> how it led mathematicians to conclude that math itself contains
> unanswerable questions...
"Unanswerable" only to your limited understanding, "Sam".
Since Math is 100% made up, there are no "unanswerable" questions. In
fact we can "answer" them any way we choose. The only catch is that
people like to have a consistent system, at least within the domain you
are speculating in.
?Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not
sure about the universe.?
? Albert Einstein
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