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The issue is that there are different infinities. The infinity the parent is talking about, the one that you generally run into in calculus class and the like,
by lasfter 10y ago
The issue is that there are different infinities. The infinity the parent is talking about, the one that you generally run into in calculus class and the like, is straightforward. The research in the past century was about what happens _past_ infinity, e.g. ordinal numbers.
I'm no mathematician either, so I'll stop there before I embarrass myself. The most accessible resource I found was this VSauce video [1].
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrU9YDoXE88 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrU9YDoXE88
- mindcrime 10y agoThat was a very interesting video, thanks for sharing. Now I'm going to be addicted to VSauce...
- 77pt77 10y agoThat video is surprisingly decent given the abstract nature of the subject.
- iammyIP 10y agoRegarding the video: The contraproductive and unnecessary use of pretty loud 'background-music' is pretty distracting and ruining this for me. It's a disregard for music and i view it also as a disregard me as a viewer, like it's assumed i wouldn't be able to listen to someone speak without the elevator soundsystem blaring around. They also do this on the radio when they tell you the weather forecast: of course only with loud music playing. And i then have to separate and throw away most of that audio info to get the information i want. Like everything wants to be a horrible rap song. I don't get it. This needs to stop.