Intuitions about Infinity
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85%
A concept of infinity makes lots of sense, and is indeed vital
66%
It is easy to imagine breaking something up into infinitely smaller pieces, but difficult to imagine something infinitely large
52%
"A point at infinity" makes sense in freshman physics examples, but "having infinite money" does not make nearly so much sense.
51%
Actual infinities can exist in reality; but they will not be material
49%
Infinities exist only in the abstract
47%
Actual infinities can exist in reality
46%
It is equally difficult to imagine both something infinitely large and infinitely small
43%
Abstract things ARE reality
41%
Time can be broken into infinitely small segments
30%
Any conception of infinity must by definition violate what we understand (intuitively, at least) about causality
25%
Causality is somehow doomed, in one dimension or another
10%
A concept of infinity makes no sense and is pointless intellectual gymnastics
Disclaimer: I am not a mathematician or any such thing, and do not know what I am talking about.
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