Russell: I don't find myself apt to even 'read' such math considerations, surely beyond (above) my memories of the early forties when I last studied math. INFINITY, however, is a NOUN formulated from an adverb 'infinite' in improper linguistics in my opinion. Infinite may point to characteristics BEYOND anything we can fathom in our human mind (imagination included) so the noun is not warranted, less so being defined in math terms. I consider it *qualitative*, (e.g. larger/smaller, beyond - closer, earlier-later, etc.) than anything we can identify. Exceeding our human terms makes identification hard into a noun.
Private (non-scientific) opinion John M On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 1:21 AM, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > I mentioned earlier this morning about the interesting seminar/debate > about infinity. Well it's now on Youtube. See below. > > ----- Forwarded message from Norman Wildberger <[email protected]> > ----- > > Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:20:26 +0000 > From: Norman Wildberger <[email protected]> > To: Pinhas Grossman <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Video of Jim and Norman's debate on infinity > > Hi everyone, > > Earlier in the week Jim Franklin and I had a robust discussion on the > topic `Infinity: does it exist??' in the Pure Maths seminar. Thanks to all > who came and showed an interest in our opinions, and thanks for the many > questions and comments afterwards. The video is now at the School YouTube > site, at > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CiiGdaYEPU > > Unfortunately our microphone could not pick up audience questions and > comments very well, and in fact our battery died near the end anyway. So > apologies for those who asked interesting questions and comments, and we > invite you to post them directly on the comments section of the video, > where we can try to answer them! > > Best Regards, > > Norman Wildberger > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret > (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
