What is infinite? does this have any value? must there be an end or is it just our thoughts it can't imagine that there is no end to infinity! Aren't all things part of infinity? we too? is God an infinity that cannot be imagined but felt? is an infinity an energy that binds us and all things (reality and thought) together? Is there a physical explanation for infinity? Is the limitation by (infinity -1) or (-infinity + 1) legitimate or just a need to calculate it mathematically?
Dear Polla Khanaqa
What philosophical questions!
For something to be finite, it inescapably needs to have a beginning. That principle must be evident, observable, measurable, and/or demonstrable. Therefore, if we begin to think when we are aware, that is the beginning, so our thoughts (the ones we have, not the ones we register) will have an end.
If infinities had an end, they would not be infinite.
Finite things can be part of infinite things, without thereby becoming infinite.
If you assign a principle to God you would create a paradox: if someone or something created God, who created that someone or something?
Infinity is a space, not a connection. Just like light, you see things thanks to it, but you are not part of it. We are finite entities in an "infinite" space.
From a quantum perspective, as we get deeper and deeper into the microcosm we discover that there are more components than we expected, so from a physics point of view, the multidimensionality of the universe could explain an infinite set of realities and/or thoughts.
In mathematics, there are not only infinite things, but there are also infinities greater than others.
They are valid philosophical questions, but to answer them more clearly, it is necessary to know what objective is pursued with each one.
I hope this helps.
Dear F‘elex
Thanks very much! those are interesting answers! To represent the infinite as a space! The answer then becomes critical that a room must also have a frame which ends infinity! Perhaps it is better to speak of infinite spaces that are or will be connected to each other.
Regarding exhaustion, again, who created whom could perhaps be explained with the same principle! Therefore it is difficult to assert that an infinity must have had a beginning! But of course I agree with you that finite things that are limited are part of infinity!
That's right, you have to know which goal you want to pursue or even achieve!
Best regards!
po’la Khanaqa
We can imagine any finite quantity to be halved, and then each half to be halved again, and so on, without end. You can then say the finite quantity has infinitely many parts. It's just a conceptual distinction.
An interesting enigma for discrete solids is that in a sense they can't actually touch; their surfaces will either merge at a point (or edge or area) or else be separated by infinitely many points. That should've been Bill Clinton's defence when he claimed "I did not have sex with that woman" — i.e. that he did not have sexual contact. 🤠
Dear Karl
Thank you very much! That's right! Please explain:
((or else be separated by infinitely many points.))
Best regards
Po'la
But if the infinity have no end, how can we assume that infinity could be inside limits, for example zero and one? When we say that there are infinite numbers between zero and one, we are assuming an absurd, no? Because if the infinity have no end, what would be a limit other than an end? If we assume a space between two defined numbers, we are implying a finite amount of space, and we can see its begninning and its end, no?
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