Infinity is like a snake trying to eat itself -- we'll call it "Infinity Snake 1". "Infinity Snake 2" tries to eat "Infinity Snake 1" but would not be able to do so as it also has its mouth full. It's therefore impossible.
Anything minus itself must equal zero.SolidSnake35
Wouldn't that contradict with the meaning of infinity? If it has a finite amount, which can be reduced to zero after it subtract that equal amount from itself, how can it be infinite?
How many electrons are there in the universe :oRoflSponge
There's a silly interpretation of quantum mechanics that says the answer is 1, and that positrons are just electrons moving backward in time (since spin and charge reversal are equivalent to normal spin and charge moving back in time) and that all electron/positron annihilation events are just shockwaves generated by this one particle moving back and forth in time :)
[QUOTE="easteast"]Does infinity begin with a 1 or a 9?bobstrife
*clutches forehead* Neither... It's not a number...
Yea, thanks for the lame question TC. And even though its not a number it'd still be zero.
are you sure what is a infinite amount minus 1?
You cant answer that, but anything minus itself is zero. Like cake minus cake equals? zero. No, like anything divided by zero, it is undefined. Simple arithmetic doesn't apply to infinity; if it did, infinity + 1 would not equal infinity. However, it does.
[QUOTE="RoflSponge"]How many electrons are there in the universe :oxaos
There's a silly interpretation of quantum mechanics that says the answer is 1, and that positrons are just electrons moving backward in time (since spin and charge reversal are equivalent to normal spin and charge moving back in time) and that all electron/positron annihilation events are just shockwaves generated by this one particle moving back and forth in time :)
That actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks. Iheard something similar to that, about electrons occupying all locations at the same time, and yours sound like an extension to that.
Infinity is like a snake trying to eat itself -- we'll call it "Infinity Snake 1". "Infinity Snake 2" tries to eat "Infinity Snake 1" but would not be able to do so as it also has its mouth full. It's therefore impossible.
-Spock-
Does infinity return into itself? I mean if traveling in that pattern there would be a point you would be at in on that path. So is it possible to be farther away from the beginning of the point you started at? If it overlaps then can you pass the point you started at?
Infinity is like a snake trying to eat itself -- we'll call it "Infinity Snake 1". "Infinity Snake 2" tries to eat "Infinity Snake 1" but would not be able to do so as it also has its mouth full. It's therefore impossible.
flavort
Does infinity return into itself? I mean if traveling in that pattern there would be a point you would be at in on that path. So is it possible to be farther away from the beginning of the point you started at? If it overlaps then can you pass the point you started at?
I don't believe so. If you can go in a straight direction and arrive in the same point that you started in, then infinity would not be infinity because you could definitely measure it.
[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="RoflSponge"]How many electrons are there in the universe :oyian
There's a silly interpretation of quantum mechanics that says the answer is 1, and that positrons are just electrons moving backward in time (since spin and charge reversal are equivalent to normal spin and charge moving back in time) and that all electron/positron annihilation events are just shockwaves generated by this one particle moving back and forth in time :)
That actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks. Iheard something similar to that, about electrons occupying all locations at the same time, and yours sound like an extension to that.
That's probably more a matter of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Quantum particles do not occupy a single definite point in space, but rather are "smeared" through space along a probability function. Theoretically, this probability function fills the entire universe, though probabilities of the particle occupying a particular position get lower the farther away from the "real" location. This is the basis for things like quantum barrier tunneling though (where individual particles can do things like jump out of the nucleus of an atom in defiance of the strong nuclear force).
[QUOTE="easteast"]Does infinity begin with a 1 or a 9?bobstrife
*clutches forehead* Neither... It's not a number...
Yea, thanks for the lame question TC. And even though its not a number it'd still be zero.
are you sure what is a infinite amount minus 1?
You cant answer that, but anything minus itself is zero. Like cake minus cake equals? zero.
if that is right then what is infinity minus 1
you know what nevermind, you dont even understand what i mean. Again, regular arithmetic breaks down with infinity, since it is not a number, but rather a concept. Otherwise, flavort's operation would have a definite answer that would be distinct from infinity.
[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="RoflSponge"]How many electrons are there in the universe :oxaos
There's a silly interpretation of quantum mechanics that says the answer is 1, and that positrons are just electrons moving backward in time (since spin and charge reversal are equivalent to normal spin and charge moving back in time) and that all electron/positron annihilation events are just shockwaves generated by this one particle moving back and forth in time :)
That actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks. Iheard something similar to that, about electrons occupying all locations at the same time, and yours sound like an extension to that.
That's probably more a matter of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Quantum particles do not occupy a single definite point in space, but rather are "smeared" through space along a probability function. Theoretically, this probability function fills the entire universe, though probabilities of the particle occupying a particular position get lower the farther away from the "real" location. This is the basis for things like quantum barrier tunneling though (where individual particles can do things like jump out of the nucleus of an atom in defiance of the strong nuclear force).
Yea, I think I have seen people using a ball penetrating a wall or water leak through cup as an analogy, meaning in quantom world, physics work in a different way. But I don't understand how particles are not restricted to time?
You guys are idiots! Oh my god! Infinity minus infinity does not equal zero! Infinity as you know it can be any random number in the line of infinity. So subtracting "infinite" from "infinite" is impossible. It's like saying What's X minus Y without giving any clues. Infinity isn't a number so you can't subtract it at all. I'm surprised how many of you flat out said it was 0, sheesh.
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