tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post375604991859173378..comments2023-10-10T05:17:55.737-07:00Comments on Crushed By Ingsoc: Core Theory- Part OneCrushedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-21595949369006000372009-03-05T19:56:00.000-08:002009-03-05T19:56:00.000-08:00Interesting notions, Crushed, but infinity isn't a...Interesting notions, Crushed, but infinity isn't a quantity, is it? It's a placeholder for the unknowable, and it doesn't follow the rules. In fact, it misbehaves so much, it's not even alone... there are an infinity of infinities.<BR/><BR/>I think you would be a real pain in the ass if you were ever to take a graduate topology course :)<BR/><BR/>p.s. I have to take square roots of imaginary numbers almost every day! Gotta know what the phase shifts of my linear filters are, doncha know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-2852588401439878162008-06-20T04:42:00.000-07:002008-06-20T04:42:00.000-07:00Wow. Great post, really thought provoking. My kids...Wow. Great post, really thought provoking. <br>My kids and I often talk about what is infinity..they try and get their little heads around it and I can tell my 10 year old really wishes she could figure it out.<br><br>You really think there is not infinity? What would that mean for us?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-7068968806945759752008-06-20T08:28:00.000-07:002008-06-20T08:28:00.000-07:00Interesting post though I never could follow mathe...Interesting post though I never could follow mathematics. What a relief to know it doesn't exit!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-25370840746199645412008-06-20T15:50:00.000-07:002008-06-20T15:50:00.000-07:00Like welshcakes I find the post interesting, but I...Like welshcakes I find the post interesting, but I too struggle with mathematics!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-72337135731744881072008-06-20T20:01:00.000-07:002008-06-20T20:01:00.000-07:00Another making my head hurt post Crushed, I think ...Another making my head hurt post Crushed, I think I'll retreat to the music for now and read it again later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-41780580454023001432008-06-21T02:04:00.000-07:002008-06-21T02:04:00.000-07:00Yep, Another challenge to thoughts, thanks Crushed...Yep, Another challenge to thoughts, thanks Crushed. <br><br>No infinity, ay?<br><br>But where does it end then...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-7086774003335351592008-06-21T05:11:00.000-07:002008-06-21T05:11:00.000-07:00Kate- Well, WE haven't. The fact is, we are dealin...Kate- Well, WE haven't. The fact is, we are dealing with uncomfortable concepts.<br>Kantor went made (literally) trying to wrestle with the concept of infinity.<br><br>It depends on what you mean. In one sense, yes. PRIMARY reality- that exising outside the universe- I have described as being infinite zero. By that I mean, it is infinite time, but utterly dimensionless in space.<br><br>A quantity (which, in effect, is what a universe is, a sum of quanta, is by definition, finite.<br><br>This means that the relationship betwween the components OF that quantity are dictated by WHAT that quantity is. If the quantity was different, the relationships would be different.<br><br>What it means for us? Not a great deal, really. Not in any calculation we are likely to do at present. Most scientists ARE agree on a rough estimate as to when the universe 'dies'- the wikipedia article on heat death is quite a good summary- and my view is that nothing in this post changes that. It's in the implications of how the universe works.<br><br>So all laws of this universe, all constants, everything else, stem from the fact that the structure of THIS universe, gives us the numerical relationships it does.<br><br>Welshcakes- Believe it or not, I'm actually a hopeless mathematician. This post is more to do with attempting to conceptualise WHAT is actually happening.<br><br>The next post in the series is partly reliant on the assumptions made in this one.<br><br>I'm saying it exists- in that it a system that we have devised- but the purpose of that system is essential to deal with empirical realities.<br><br>Ultimately, it's that- a system. Perhaps we need to realise thatv we're using it for two differing pirposes- which at that tiny scale we use it DO recomcile, but won'y on a macro level- those being understanding the relationship of quantities- and the second being as the truest form of universal logic we can find.<br><br>CherryPie- I think often it's poorly explained. Maths teachers don't tend to actuallt tell you what it is they are talking about.<br><br>Thw difference between the four types of numbers used in our mathematices ; Real, negative, irrational and imaginary, is so crucial- the concepts behind them are radically different.<br><br>jmb- Yes, I figured this one would make very little sense. The next one on this vein is more tangible, though perhaps no less disconcerting.<br><br>Fusion- it ends when every quanta runs flat. When there is no energy left.<br>Hence my selection of that value of the omega number; the total amount of quanta present in the begining, to the power of itself.<br><br>There are a finite number of planck ticks in the universe, and my guess is, that is their number. That is how long it will take to unravel the universe- which essentially, is what is always hasppening.<br><br>But don't worry- Imagine the universe is a year- we're still on New Year's day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com