Infinity: The sideways number 8

 I thought that I would choose a topic which is maths related (as on this blog there wont be much of such) but at the same time, it affects the world of Physics and Chemistry in the same principals as if you attempted to cut a cake into three even slices, or an engineer setting a clock to a specific degree of accuracy in calibration to the time. It's experienced through certain paradoxes (such as the Grandfather paradox, which some may say it's evidence of how you cant time travel), or it can be experienced by a little child told to count chickens as a method of trying to get them to sleep (which may be seen as a lazy aspect of parents, but lets not get off of topic), but all in all, infinity is a concept with no boundaries whatsoever.

Quick Note to reader: I though I'd like to start off with a topic which interests me, and as it may not interest my readers as much, I'm going to be honest and say I do not care; as soon there will be plenty other topics to help you or read about - but apart from that - what makes a good scientist is that they are able to interpret other views about problems (theories) coming from other scientists such as myself (wouldn't do that far Savion!), so there. Having said all this, I will try to make this as brief and as interesting as possible.

The philosophy section of infinity (out of the three types of infinity, the others being mathematical and physical)(which perhaps was more of a science than what Biology will ever be) is actually pretty imaginative I thought. A philosopher held to high regard called Aristotle presented hiss mass population at a time with a set of paradoxes so draw more attention to the crowd. He created the paradoxes of motion (which some are actually interesting) and some of which I shall share with you.

Physical Infinity: Dichotomy paradox - Made by Aristotle, and I've heard of this before I even knew who the guy was; I remember my primary school teacher telling me about something like this. It goes like this:

'That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal'

PREACH! For those scientists who are strong in science/maths but weak in English (I used to be like that, until I realised how important literature was) I'm guessing you readers don't know the definition of locomotion.  So I will explain. Suppose you was going to your friend's house from your own. No matter which way you use to get there, you will always past a point where the displacement from you to this point is half the displacement from your house to your friend's house. Then to get from 'half way to your friend's house' to your friends house you must past another point which is half way, or three-quarters the way from your house to your friends house. And from that displacements and further displacements as you get closer to your friend's house, there must always be a point half way between. And this is the paradox, it goes up into infinity, where the points are members of a geometric sequence with the common ratio being half. This would work with any set of numbers where the common ratio has a magnitude less than 1. And this idea is known as the dichotomy paradox. Simples.

Philosophical Infinity: Eternity - One of the most well known infinities, eternity is the state of existence for a limitless amount of time. Some say romance is a from of eternity, but I think that's a load of monkeys; you cant love someone like that for ever if people are changing all the time, because that would mean your not in love with the same person at the same magnitude if they've changed, because they are different. Not to say your intentions to fall in love with a partner wont be maxed out, but if the mood of someone suddenly shifts, then the amount of love they may recieve from you will also shift.
Aristotle also has a say in this - which is not surprising - as at his time thoughts on religion were stronger than thought on actual science. (He thought vacuums were a load of monkeys at the time). But you already know my feelings on religion, but I'm just saying.

'Can anything be said to exist outside of time and space?'
'Surely the event that started the universe must've been triggered from something else?'
'Are impossibilities really nothing? Can they be made possible providing it has been allocated the correct length of time?'

All these ideas which I'm telling you are not going to be answered today. But the smarter scientists/readers would go and do some more research on this, as there are an infinity number of ways you can lecture your biology teacher about this...

...and on that note, it's time to hibernate (yawn). Let me quickly say this as like a moral on today's lesson. Anything in this universe that you want to see happen can may well happen - only if you apply the right disciplines, and it may come in about 'pick a number between one and infinity!' years time (hey, patience is a virtue), but the chances are you have a chance. Don't be complacent and take on the ogre with one fist. Be patient and find an alternative, maybe get some support.
Good Night. Next blog's going to be on Enthalpy so check it out!!!