>>> Todd Henson on "Existence Exists"
TH> Such paradoxes created by the human imagination and human
TH> mathematical language have little to do with the actual state of true
TH> infinity my man.
All human imagination. Just you show me some infinity.
TH> True infinity is the state in which there is no
TH> beginning and no end. Such rays are considered infinite because of the
TH> fact that they have a start point and no matter how big of a number
TH> you want to designate as the endpoint, the human imagination can
TH> always add 1 to it, and so on. So, for practical purposes it is
TH> considered infinite. However, what I am concerned with is not
TH> "practical" infinity.
Consider a ray to the right and another ray to the left. Put these two rays
together at their beginnings and you have a line, without beginning nor end.
TH> Such conditions, like the ray scenario, arise because we are limited
TH> human beings, finite in our existence, scope, awareness, and linear in
TH> our existence, and we are trying to use our linear finite imagination
TH> to describe the infinite.
Oh, so you admit that you can show me no infinity. Must I imagine an
infinite something that is what we are discussing?
TH> The infinite is not of our nature, so such
TH> scenarios as you have described are more the result of our
TH> limitations, and not on the actual existence of so called "half
TH> infinities" as you have tried to prove.
You're right, the eternity of heaven and hell and infinite divinities are
just our imagination.
TH> ... Would a Hindu dentist transcend dental medication?
... Alas, immortality is not biodegradable.
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