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I suppose a better way to try to understand inifnity is to take the value 1, and halve it. Now halve it again, and keep doing so. We will approach zero with every step, but we will never actually reach zero because at each step we have a finite number, and we can always halve a finite number. The difference between 0 and 1 is infinite, because there are a infinite amount of fractions between 0 and 1, yet it's finite at the same time because the difference is definitively 1. This is where we start moving into fractal territory, a better example in nature of infinity.
Now try halving pi. Well that's not possible, other than to say pi/2, because it's not possible to calculate the exact value of pi. In pi, we have a mathematical example of infinity, one that is directly related to the geometric example of infinity - the circle.
And unless you're saying that the universe has an end, then the universe will continue to expand into infinity, right? Alternatively, the universe does have an end... so everything disappears into non-existence?
One way or another, there is a breakdown in understanding. Our brains are capable of doing so much more than our senses allow us, which in itself is incredible. But we're still stuck when it comes to understanding infinity.
I need to hit some DMT and think about this shit.
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