math/philosophy for tinies

[psocoptera]

She claims to be able to count "all the numbers", or something like that.
"You know, there is no biggest number. They go on forever."
"Why?"
"Well, whatever biggest number you can think of, you can always add one more to it."
::narrows eyes:: "But the numbers stop when you *die*."

Comments

[q10.livejournal.com]

[+1 like]

η: also, can i share this with a student/colleague with whom i was just discussing philosophy of math this afternoon? it can be as attributed or as anonymized as you want.

[psocoptera.livejournal.com]

Sure! Attribution: whatever makes sense in the conversation? (Anything from "you link them to this journal" to "you deny recalling where you read it" is fine by me.)

[jaipur.livejournal.com]

Well she does have a point. It's an individual end to the number line, but hey...

[glassonion]

Hahaha. That's awesome.

[wayman.livejournal.com]

That is one of the most insightful mathematical observations I have ever encountered! Also, I love the tone of voice and expression you suggest she took with that line. Warning: you may be creating an evil mad scientist. Or the next Tesla. Either way, cool!

[ccommack]

Cannot run out of time. There is infinite time.

You are finite.

Zathras is finite.

This is wrong tool.

No.

No, not good.

No.

No. Never use this