It’s long been an axiom of physics that everything is constantly in motion, due to the cosmic background stretching of the Universe. At least that’s what Brian Greene tells us, and in this case I’m inclined to believe him. No matter that everything he concludes from this fact is not even false. Yet, al a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Infinity’
Gravity and the Myth of 0mph
Posted in Gravity, tagged brian greene, critique of pure reason, Gravity, immanuel kant, Infinity, newton, paradigm shifts, thomas kuhn, vectors, william tells, zenos paradox on March 21, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Infinity (part one)
Posted in countable numbers, Infinity, Math, tagged countable numbers, impossibility, Infinity, language, Math, numbers, penultimate, reality, william lane craig on October 21, 2008 | 44 Comments »
I don’t think I need to spend much time on infinity. Infinitus est numerus stultorum. It suffices to point out that you cannot show me infinity of anything whatsoever. Since everything is finite, including every number, putting them all together will still not get you to infinity. According to math (and also its feisty sidekick, [...]
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