tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post1267336727094614703..comments2023-12-27T18:31:37.784-05:00Comments on Bourgeois Nerd: InfinityFrankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post-38391006330440634022010-04-25T16:36:03.663-04:002010-04-25T16:36:03.663-04:00Slyder: It was indeed JBS Haldane who said that. ...Slyder: It was indeed JBS Haldane who said that. One of my favorite quotes, actually. <br /><br />I don't think Zeno was a worrywort; actually, I think he was a wiseass with a Paremidean philosophy who was trying to convince people there was no change. But his paradoxes were only ever "solved" when calculus and the concept of a limit came about.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post-9500550103143604242010-04-25T03:01:10.700-04:002010-04-25T03:01:10.700-04:00I agree with Chad, sort of. The universe, the inf...I agree with Chad, sort of. The universe, the infinite, and nothing, are mere fig newtons of our human minds. Zeno was a worrywort! The truth is that Achilles always wins! When one gets too far gone in such logical conundrums one should, like Han Shan, sleep in a stream and let the water flow through you ears to clean out your head! Alexander was right, when presented with a Gordian knot, just cut it. Was it JBS Haldane who said that the universe is not only queerer than we know, it is queerer than we can know? Spend your time dealing with our reality. Like solving world hunger or checking out the man at the next urinal.slydernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post-44031809851872298502010-04-22T23:50:31.790-04:002010-04-22T23:50:31.790-04:00Stephen: Well, it's definitely one way to go a...Stephen: Well, it's definitely one way to go about thinking about it!Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post-73361684565376215032010-04-22T18:02:07.789-04:002010-04-22T18:02:07.789-04:00I like to smoke pot & contemplate the night s...I like to smoke pot & contemplate the night sky from my hot tub... is that thr right approach?Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967985806955115917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post-51758433035019264672010-04-19T13:53:50.034-04:002010-04-19T13:53:50.034-04:00Frank 'n Nerds,
I loved this article, the whol...Frank 'n Nerds,<br />I loved this article, the whole blog really, made me laugh several times. Thanks!<br /><br />I believe all notions of the infinite are limited by our rational minds. Only the Infinite mind can experience the infinite, but here's the good news. Our rational minds are included in the infinite. In fact, they're just facets of and/or expressions of the infinite mind and so, we don't need to quiet the monkey or subdue the ego, we simply engage the rational mind in the way it works. <br /><br />The rational mind is a multi-faceted, multi-tasking, and multi-processing machine that compares and contrasts our sensory signals with memories and creates "experiences" that we can know and predict. The compare and contrast occurs as a ratio. For example, how many shades of blue can you see on the screen right now? Is one more blue than the other? Is one 90% blue and the other more or less? The rational mind constructs a ratio for everything it thinks it knows. There are no absolutes, just approximations of something "know" able.<br /><br />Infinity in math and psychology is available when the ratio is something divided by nothing and that's why zero and infinity are so related.<br /><br />Now, colors and numbers are interesting, but not nearly as interesting as love, prosperity, happiness, etc.<br /><br />Consider the following ratios when the denominator gets really small, if not zero...<br /><br />Happiness = appreciation / expectation<br /><br />Love = give / get<br /><br />Prosperity = have / want<br /><br /><br />I've written a book on Infinity and created a way to celebrate it in all its forms too. <br />Book InfinityPrinciple.com<br />Event InfinityExperience.com<br /><br />Frank, <br />I'd especially love it if you contributed to this conversation here<br />http://infinityprinciple.ning.com/ChadSteelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991934918787092265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post-25526511752441009342010-04-19T13:51:11.056-04:002010-04-19T13:51:11.056-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.ChadSteelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991934918787092265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post-2186786520961335132010-04-19T12:16:39.203-04:002010-04-19T12:16:39.203-04:00hmm much to think about, I'll toss in my two c...hmm much to think about, I'll toss in my two cents. the infinite is the concept that there is something unmeasurable in it's vastness, that there is no where to start or end because at the level it exists at defies the ability to be constrained, or defined. This I think is separate from the idea of mathematical infinite in which a sum cannot be figured. <br /> To me the mathematical concept is not the intriguing part to me the idea that there is the greater probability that there is at least one infinite thing in the universe and that we should be in some ways a part of it and yet by the very nature of our finiteness we are not. Therefore the question is, are we part of the infinite or are we some how separated from the infinite. If we are separated from it, than our universe as we perceive it is a mere vacuole in the sea of the infinite, if we are part of it, than we are failing to perceive the binding force that we are all part of. <br /> My next question would be is the void infinite?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01717441977001081956noreply@blogger.com