Re: math, is it just physics?

sobriquet <dohduhdah@yahoo.com> wrote or quoted:

We have a concept of infinity, but perhaps it's a misconception. Maybe
things are finite and in our fantasy we can go to infinity, but in
reality it doesn't work that way.

  Reality's out of our reach. To get a good look at the world up
  close, you need some serious juice. There are certain distances
  we'll never be able to check out 'cause even all the energy in
  the universe wouldn't cut it.

  By the same token, there are spots in the cosmos so far out that
  we'll never catch a glimpse of what's beyond them. They're booking
  it away from us faster than light can make the trip.

  As for the infinite or infinitesimal in physics, it's just
  a simplified way of thinking about how things work at
  the largest or tiniest levels. It gets the job done for
  a lot of purposes, while reality is out of our reach.

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|I expect to see a younger man.
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|And we can't get out.
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