Poetential infinity
- From: "Bill Taylor" <w.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 23 Jan 2006 20:53:44 -0800
There was once a lot of debate, and still occasionally is,
about the difference between "actual infinity" and "potential
infinity".
It always struck me that, whatever you thought about them,
at least the defintion of actual inf was reasonably clear,
but that the same couldn't really be said of potential inf.
So, it occurred to me that a better name for "potential infinity"
would be "unboundedly finite".
Would this cover the case, do y'all think?
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The known is finite, the unknown is infinite.
We stand on an islet of comprehension
in a limitless ocean of inexplicability.
Our business is to reclaim a little more land.
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