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Hi folks! I'm new here, having fun so far. So here's a good one to ponder: If time is infinitely long (past and future), then according to calculus, as time approaches infinity, then any given moment in time approaches zero. So... if this moment in time is so infinitesimally small, do we actually exist at all on an infinite scale? Cheers!

Waddyathink 3 Aug 14
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I can definitely see anecdotal support for that. The older I get the shorter the moments (time goes faster). 😄😄

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As far as we know, the speed of light is the constant, so you can never get to zero

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I don't know. I'm just here for the free pie.

They give out free pie ! Why have I been missing out ?

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A bit like Zeno’s Paradox

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There is no time, no space, only spacetime :

[en.wikipedia.org]

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other than very sneakily, how can you approach Infinity?

By traveling faster than light? Might take a while.

@Waddyathink eh.. I can't do it.... just not getting there. I'm no physicist or anything at all. I'm just thinking it don't matter how fast you're going you can't catch up to forever.

@hankster Unless you go plaid.

@PondartIncbendog that's great. I guess if you went plaid you would have a chance.

@hankster S=M x Plaid. Where S=speed and M=mass.

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