why do we use the word infinite?i strongly blv tht this word shouldn't exist?

Question

infinity is our assumption of things which we think is unknown.few yrs ago when we didn't have the tools to measure the d btw earth and moon we called it infinite.don't u think we create a wall infront of our imagination and get satisfied wth it?

Answer 1

We continually create walls because they help us to handle things at the time. When we get more information, we adapt what we know to fit it, or if it conflicts but is proved, we toss the old out and embrace the new.
Human intelligence being (contrary to popular belief) very limited, we can't handle things we don't have some basis to add to, so even if we are wrong in our calculations they give us something to work from.

Answer 2

It's really silly to try to argue a word out of existence. If you did manage to delete all references to a word, someone would just come up with the concept again and call it something else. Let the word be, and just argue whether the concept expressed by the word has validity.

The previous misuse of a concept does not make the concept invalid. Thus, if people used to say that the moon was an infinite distance from the earth, it does not mean that infinity is invalid or that nothing is infinite.

It's incorrect to state that a number divided by zero equals infinity. However, advanced mathematics (e.g., calculus) makes use of the concept of infinity extensively.

Answer 3

I have sometimes thought about this issue. Infinity appears like a mystery, a number gets larger and larger and larger. You cannot stop finding another number that is larger than the one you put a finger on. So if N is the number you put your finger on, we have N+1. To resolve the problem, we invented infinity.

However, I am thinking, can we build a mathematical model that begins with the Infinity domain and then works its way back to us, normal numerical world.

One parallel that we can draw upon, is that for a long time, we were also stuck with the problem of x^2 = -1 until of course, complex numbers were invented and that proved to be something very useful.

So, if we can build a new mathematical model based on infinity then perhaps we could break the wall that you mentioned that is obstructing our progress.

Answer 4

There is a futility to the measurement of infinity. Scientist and mathematicians usually have a set boundary in decimals to declare a result from a given formula or problem.

There is no number that can divide any given number into zero. There will always be a remainder. The language of math is a direct representation of the physical universe which means that no object or given space can be divided into zero or nothing. The fact is that there is an infinite amount of space between any two masses or objects...you just have to think in relation to size.

Any object can be divided in half and then divide the remainder in half.........forever......that is infinity.

Answer 5

No, even while human beings yawn i do no longer. i like to play a game with my buddies the place somebody will yawn and we observed who yawns first. I under no circumstances in many cases win until i'm sick with a chilly because of fact i'm getting so drained that's as though I stayed up an entire week with a wink of sleep.

Answer 6

Take a line an inch long. Divide it in half. Now divide each part in half. Again, divide each part in half.

There is no end to this dividing, since "line" isn't a real thing, so you can divide it in half forever.

IS THAT THE SAME AS INFINITY, you ask? I have no idea. I agree with you that infinity is beyond the human mind ... and so it probably just confuses us. Which might explain some of our DUMB BEHAVIOR.

Answer 7

Yeah, I think it used as a figure of speech mostly, though. Something "unknowable" or forever is possible to imagine, but should be used as a motivator to figure things out, not to give up.

What people really should be saying is that something "approaches infinity". That is more accurate from a nerdy point of view.

Answer 8

Why don't you believe that there shouldn't be a word for unending?

I think some people are satisfied with boundaries to their imaginations: Others aren't. Both are necessary for a functioning and progressive world.

Answer 9

Well, look at numbers, those go on and on. Same with the Universe (at least, thats what most think). So really, somethings are infinite, even if its just in our mind.

Answer 10

In mathematics there are infinite infinities :-) and mathematics explain how the universe works