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::now we know we're right::
Jun. 14th, 2010 08:50 pmJust had my entire worldview turned upside down when someone explained to me that there were different types of infinity.
Infinity, by definition, is a never-ending quantity. You can start at 1 and go on until you turn blue and die. It literally goes on forever. So how could there be more than one type of going on forever?
The answer is integers. Between the numbers 0 and 1, there are an infinite number of integers. You can always add another zero to the sequence. This can go on forever. This is infinity.
Guys. There is more than one type of infinity. String theory and parallel universes didn't blow my mind this much.
Infinity, by definition, is a never-ending quantity. You can start at 1 and go on until you turn blue and die. It literally goes on forever. So how could there be more than one type of going on forever?
The answer is integers. Between the numbers 0 and 1, there are an infinite number of integers. You can always add another zero to the sequence. This can go on forever. This is infinity.
Guys. There is more than one type of infinity. String theory and parallel universes didn't blow my mind this much.
