Quantum Physics, space-time, worm-holes, time travel, thermodynamics and Relativity. Just when I was comfortable with my earthly reality I am bombarded by questions of the infinite. And so my acquaintance with cosmology begins…
∞What is infinity? Where does infinity start and where does it end? Where does forever originate if not from somewhere towards nowhere and can this paradox simultaneously exist? The question of infinity is a perplexing one. It is implicit in nature and most importantly in that of our imaginations. We can never escape or get away from the questions, of what if and what happens next. These are the very same questions that allow for man’s obsession with the question of the immeasurable to remain a continuum amidst the context of continuities.
There are cycles of life, nature and heavenly orbits that man has witnessed as far as recorded history and oral tradition will allow. The orbits of the sun and moon, the raise and fall of tides, the cyclic change of seasons, the seemingly boundless life cycles of nature, the number of leaves in a forest or particles of sand on a beach, the once distant horizon and the construction of our gods have all plagued our finite existence with questions of the infinite.
The infinite is an inescapable and immeasurable conundrum. Even beyond Mathematical implications the question of infinity has always paralleled that of history’s theological constructs. Humanity’s conception (construction) of God, our need for a hereafter, our cultural ideals and global values regarding the continuation of life and “spirit”, create an essential backdrop for our cosmological need for the abstractness of infinitude.It is a necessary law which allows our objective fixed notion of reality the endless parameters of fixed possibility.
How does one approach the problem of infinity when a set value could never exist to confine said measure? I can’t really say that I have an answer. However, I do understand that 1+ ∞, will still equal infinity. The fact alone that I can conceive such a thought and have the language to do so is proof that man’s entire notion of reality is dependent on it. I have heard stories of lifelong deaf-mutes who are finally thought to sign explain that even before they obtained language, they understood the concept of infinity.
Interesting right? The abstract theories of mathematics which governs our lives also irrefutably support the objective presence of the infinities. Even when notions of God are unobtainable physical truths, we can say that present day mathematics in essence strengthen the possibility of Godliness based on its mathematical support of something as difficult to grasp as forever and ever.
The prevailing laws of the universe based on Einstein’s theory of relativity (you know that whole E=MC2 thing) proves the evidence of a continually expanding indefinable universe. All of our non-evidence of infinity seems to be very evident in its implications. Despite the fact that we can’t put a number on it or reach the end-of-the-line limits of our universe, we have the inner galaxies of the imagination realm where continuation thrives.
Infinity seems to be the only existential truth we can claim without ever having to prove.
This is one the most interesting blog items I've ever read.
You stated here what to me is a global truth. We as humans understand and accept the concept of infinity when we don't understand or accept many other tangible concepts.
The way you associated that with our desire to create infinity in our theologies.