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In response to "at some pont it has to stop" by Danedukenuuk

I think you may be missing something about the concept of infinity. -- nm

Posted by mara Mar 5 '10, 13:26

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i doubt that ! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 13:31 6
- "At some point, infinity has to stop" is what it sounded like you were saying. -- nm - mara Mar 5, 13:32 5
  - not infinity but the way we represent infinity :) - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 13:33 4
    - The way we, humans, represent infinity in our limited physical capabilities is not important in mathematics -- nm - Guigue Mar 5, 13:42 3
      - no??? ask Reagan about that - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 13:44 2
        
        We don't need to calculate it, we (human beings) invented the damn thing! And we decided that 0.999... is the same as 1 -- nm - Guigue Mar 5, 13:48 1
        
        thats my point exactly - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 14:10
Exactly. People are trying to express infinity in a way they can physically understand - Guigue Mar 5, 13:29

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