The Sum of Awe
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I've always had an interest in the philosophical concept of nothingness, but just for a short while I am looking at the concept of infinity. To me it's not near as interesting as nothing, there are so many questions that nothing can bring to the table, but the only question infinity has left me for desert is its reality.
I can't imagine how it would be possible for there to be an infinite amount of things at one time. Some believe that there is an infinite span of space, and less accurately some even believe that about matter/energy.
My thought is, how is it possible for infinity to be represented in physical reality? Really think about it.
I do, however, consider it possible that time is endless and its span therefore is infinite, conceptually speaking. At the same time, though, time is limited and it will always be limited. (Disregarding the idea that time had existed for an eternity previous from this moment, another topic) There may be no end of time, but it can never reach 'infinity'. Nothing can reach infinity, since there is no end to it.
If you think of counting all of the grains of sand on a beach, counting all of the grains of sand on earth, counting how many atoms there are that make up every single sand grain on earth, and then how many atoms there are in the galaxy, lastly the universe, it can seem like there is an endless amount, but doesn't there have to be an exact number?
I can't imagine how it would be possible for there to be an infinite amount of things at one time. Some believe that there is an infinite span of space, and less accurately some even believe that about matter/energy.
My thought is, how is it possible for infinity to be represented in physical reality? Really think about it.
I do, however, consider it possible that time is endless and its span therefore is infinite, conceptually speaking. At the same time, though, time is limited and it will always be limited. (Disregarding the idea that time had existed for an eternity previous from this moment, another topic) There may be no end of time, but it can never reach 'infinity'. Nothing can reach infinity, since there is no end to it.
If you think of counting all of the grains of sand on a beach, counting all of the grains of sand on earth, counting how many atoms there are that make up every single sand grain on earth, and then how many atoms there are in the galaxy, lastly the universe, it can seem like there is an endless amount, but doesn't there have to be an exact number?