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For myself, I have concluded that the universe doesn't actually use the concept "limitless". Even though space-time has no boundries, the universe itself doesn't know that. There is no infinite quantity and there never will be.

So that is why I conclude that infinity is simply like an "axiom" for finding a system of representation. Everytime you run into the concept of infinity, you have to start representing things. For example, an expression 1/0 is impossible when you are expressing a quantity, magnitude or spacial thing, but when you are representing a fraction of a thing, you find that 1/0 is safely described as 0/1 as well. When you can't describe something, just represent it by it's opposite. Representation always comes into play when Infinity is about.

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Re:Infinity and Representation 1 Year, 11 Months ago

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There might be an infinity
(who knows? we cannot see very far),
but we cannot comprehend it. If you
mean there are times when it isn't worth
considering....I'd agree. People stick
things into "infinite space" without justification.

We use it generally to cauterize leftovers
in calculations, for closure, but we can't
live it. Just for the record, 1/0 is 0,
which is much easier to comprehend
than infinity.

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Re:Infinity and Representation 1 Year, 11 Months ago	Karma: 0
I think I defined it: Infinity is an abstracting and pointless definition which can be used as an axiom for bringing a representation which is not abstract.

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Re:Infinity and Representation 1 Year, 11 Months ago	Karma: 0
Skeptical Dude wrote: I think I defined it: Infinity is an abstracting and pointless definition which can be used as an axiom for bringing a representation which is not abstract. It isn't pointless to a mathematician or a physicist. They need it. It is pointless to you personally because your limited experience tells you it's pointless.

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Re:Infinity and Representation 1 Year, 11 Months ago	Karma: 0
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity Look at how they use it. It isn't a number in reality, it cannot even represent a quantity. So It is pointless in a way. Okay? Are we good on this? By the way, people just shove in infinity as a way of saying "All". They should prefix their stuff with "Omni" more often.

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Re:Infinity and Representation 1 Year, 11 Months ago	Karma: 0
We are not 'good on this'. I use infinity in Physics. Every single solitary number is 'shoved in'. They are all abstract. Omni does not equal infinity. Omni is 'every' not 'forever' or 'everywhere'. You are co-mingling different concepts.

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