Originally posted by Galan007
Which in itself sounds ridiculous.That's like saying, you can almost count to infinity. ermm
It's not ridiculous in the least. All it means is that the mass is limitless.
Same way your counting numbers can approach infinity. Start counting; "one, two, three, four..."
This sequence approaches infinity. Given infinite time, you'll eventually count to infinity.
🙂.
Originally posted by Soljer
It's not ridiculous in the least. All it means is that the mass is limitless.Same way your counting numbers can approach infinity. Start counting; "one, two, three, four..."
This sequence approaches infinity. Given infinite time, you'll eventually count to infinity.
🙂.
The funny thing is that since infinite time can't exist then none can count to infinity (no matter how fast they count).
Here's a paradox:
Assume there is a supernatural being that can click a light on or off at anytime he wants. Let's say the light is off and he clicks it on. Then he waits 1 minute and then switches it off. Then he waits half the previous time (30 seconds) and switches it back on. He then continues to switch the light off and on, each switch is half the previous time waited (...15 sec, 7.5sec, etc.). So is the light on or off after 2 min?
Originally posted by h1a8
The funny thing is that since infinite time can't exist then none can count to infinity (no matter how fast they count).Here's a paradox:
Assume there is a supernatural being that can click a light on or off at anytime he wants. Let's say the light is off and he clicks it on. Then he waits 1 minute and then switches it off. Then he waits half the previous time (30 seconds) and switches it back on. He then continues to switch the light off and on, each switch is half the previous time waited (...15 sec, 7.5sec, etc.). So is the light on or off after 2 min?
Shut up. 🙂
Originally posted by h1a8
The funny thing is that since infinite time can't exist then none can count to infinity (no matter how fast they count).Here's a paradox:
Assume there is a supernatural being that can click a light on or off at anytime he wants. Let's say the light is off and he clicks it on. Then he waits 1 minute and then switches it off. Then he waits half the previous time (30 seconds) and switches it back on. He then continues to switch the light off and on, each switch is half the previous time waited (...15 sec, 7.5sec, etc.). So is the light on or off after 2 min?
That's not a 'funny thing.' That's exactly what would be expected...
And why would the speed you count at matter? 🤨
Originally posted by Soljer
That's not a 'funny thing.' That's exactly what would be expected...And why would the speed you count at matter? 🤨
I was saying it is a funny thing because of the way many people throw the term infinite around. Many say "infinite this and infinite that" when it actuality it doesn't exist if it isn't obtained at one time. I was not disagreeing with you. I was just backing you up.
Originally posted by h1a8
I was saying it is a funny thing because of the way many people throw the term infinite around. Many say "infinite this and infinite that" when it actuality it doesn't exist if it isn't obtained at one time. I was not disagreeing with you. I was just backing you up.
Oh. Fair enough.
However, usually 'funny things' are things that aren't known or expected.
Rather than absolutely proceedural logical conclusions.
The IMP has never made any sense and never will. It looks cool, but thinking about it for more than two seconds leads to all sorts of contradictions. At .9999c 70.1 seconds pass to the oberver at rest for every one second that passes in the Flash's frame of reference. Since the light reflecting off of me is only traveling at c, I could dodge the Flash all day by simply walking around in a big circle, while he tries to punch where I was standing a minute or so earlier in the midst of all the tracers.
Originally posted by Laminator_X
The IMP has never made any sense and never will. It looks cool, but thinking about it for more than two seconds leads to all sorts of contradictions. At .9999c 70.1 seconds pass to the oberver at rest for every one second that passes in the Flash's frame of reference. Since the light reflecting off of me is only traveling at c, I could dodge the Flash all day by simply walking around in a big circle, while he tries to punch where I was standing a minute or so earlier in the midst of all the tracers.
That is why I and some other Physicists don't believe in the theory of Relativity. The whole theory is built on the assumption that light is constant in all reference frames. If that were true then the theory of Relativity is necessarily true (is derived correctly with mathematics). The problem is that this assumption isn't true (I believe) as it would lead to contradictions (which can't exist).