INFINITIES

Further comment on INFINITY from Frederic Frees:

Dear Dr. Borchardt:

Faced with our apparent limitations, I continue to read (in dismay) the arguments by indeterminists of how finite we humans are. This is somehow intended to demonstrate that only God is infinite and that the universe must also be finite as well. But, thanks to TSW and IUT, more examples of infinity become equally apparent. The main argument against an infinite universe always comes back to the illogic of "infinite regress." A secondary argument is our inability to fathom infinity or its implications. But, these same people can sleep and dream as the rest of us do, in and so doing, have the potential to dream anything. As infinite causation influences our dreams, so our capacity to dream (consciously and unconsciously) is also infinite. There are no limitations. The very idea of infinity cannot be such a foreign concept as these indeterminists try to convince us it is. I found this to be true in the opening lines of a poem by William Blake:

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.

Frederic Frees


Excellent comment on the subject. One thing that struck me about infinity is the assumption that there are an infinite number of infinities. One might think that there could be only one infinity, but this is akin to its opposite: finity. One only needs to realize that if there are an infinite number of even numbers, then there are an infinite number of odd numbers as well. As I show in TSW, infinity is necessary for existence. Whether we look to the sky or through a microscope, there is no end to the infinite variety we can see there.