The idea that some infinities are bigger or smaller than other infinities is the sort of thing that gives people headaches.

@Surasanji Quantum Anything and String Theory is what drives me over the edge, into a lost stare state. :mind_blown:

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Was thinking about taking Quantum Physics lesson from YT after the semester. The subject always seemed baffling.
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@shibaprasad @design_RG Well, this is a math thing. I'm not sure how/if it would apply to Quantum Physics.

@Surasanji @shibaprasad Yes, true, it's just another example of concepts that are difficult to understand and accept. Einstein apparently had a hard time accepting Quantum theory too, I find that comforting.

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My bad, took thread on a tangent. Sorry. 😏

Now back on the Math side, is it a fact, what you mentioned? Are there bigger and smaller infinities?

@design_RG @shibaprasad Yes. You'd think based on the concept of infinity they'd all be the 'same size'. This is apparently not true. You can have infinities that are more or less infinity than another infinity.

@design_RG @Surasanji Yeah there is. Actually for most cases, infinity is a concept which denotes a high value. Not a particular number. I can give a small example:

Suppose in a Graph you have two sqaures formed with x=0, y=0. In them the length of one is 5*5 and another is 10*10.

Now for 5*5, you can have infinite numbers of points inside the, Similarly for 10*10 you have that. But as you can imagine the number for 10*10 will be much larger than 5*5. And both are infinite!

@shibaprasad @Surasanji Physically, I can graps the concept, the 10 x 10 square has four times the area of the 5 x 5 one.

But really? until now I have thought that the number of points is infinite in both cases, and wouldn't be quantifiable as in, one has more than the other.

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