Deep thoughts.

John Doe

There is no largest number. . .

There is no smallest number. . .

You can never have separate numbers so close that they cannot be closer. . .

You can add positive numbers forever and never have a total of 1. . .

Intriguing, no?

leavingwt

JD,

My dad used to put it like this:

"If a frog is on a diving board, and each time he hops he only hops half the distance left, he'll never fall off the diving board."

Of course, he didn't mean literally, he meant that no matter what the distance left was, you can always divide that distance in half, etc, etc.

-LWT

Gregor

That is the most refreshing thing I have read here lately. I will deep thinkly on this tonight.

IP_SEC

"If a frog is on a diving board, and each time he hops he only hops half the distance left, he'll never fall off the diving board."

alt redneck version of Zeno's paradox!! LOVE IT alt alt

John Doe

"Do not be afraid of moving slowly. Be afraid only, of standing still." Valid considering that numbers don't lie?

leavingwt

redneck version of Zeno's paradox!! LOVE IT

Well, I was probably 8 years old when he told me, so I guess he adjusted his material to suit his audience.

LOL!

TheSilence

This was from a "fun" math book that was given to me for winning 1st place in a math contest in 6th grade...

So, let's say there is a hotel with an infinite number of rooms. Let's also say this hotel is full so you also have an infinite amount of guests. Suddenly a group of conventioneers come into the lobby looking for rooms for the night. The guy at the desk thinks for a bit and gets over the loudspeaker to the hotel and tells everyone to leave the room they are currently in and go to the room number that is twice that of their current room number. So now you have an infinite number of guests, but two rooms for each guest currently in a room. The book used this as an explanation/example for different levels of infinity. It was fun to wrap my head around in sixth grade ;)

(The wording is not exact as my house burned down and I no longer have this book... so just from memory, there)

Jackie

leavingwt

Cool, Jackie.

This talk of infinity reminds me of the many stars and galaxies that man can see with the latest telescopes and such. It staggers the mind and reminds us of how TINY we are.

-LWT

loosie

Ok guys quantum physics hurts my head... but I read about it anyway. Nothing makes someone take a 2nd look like a blonde reading a book about quantum physics.

The last book I read said that when you are about to die your time just gets longer. like the frog on the diving board. You keep living half the time left. which means you never get to the end. Now while I may agree with that it was a facinating read.

When I was a very young JW I used to boggle my mind trying to figure out how Jehovah had no begining. i could get lost in thought for a long time on that one.

Deep thoughts.

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