The only kind of common sense application I could envision for counting beyond infinity would be, eg., say you wanted to specifically identify every type of bacteria, but you really only knew x types specifically. However, you could see so many types via investigation that it was uncountable. You could say "there are infinitely many types of bacteria and these x types."
So, infinity plus x! On 2/25/14, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Mike Archbold <[email protected]> wrote: >> Partly it depends on how you define infinity and what the context is. >> I know there exists more than one definition for infinity. I tend >> toward philosophy. Hegel had both a qualitative and quantitative >> infinity, but in both cases it was really what he called "spurious >> infinity." Real infinity was the thought itself you had of >> uncountable numbers. Still, I think it sounds very strange to say >> something like you are going to count past infinity. > > Sounded fine to Buzz Lightyear, one of my role models ;) > > http://whyirundisney.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/to-infinity-and-beyond.jpg?w=605 > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
