- What is infinity? Explain in your own words.
- Find a reference to infinity in popular culture (a song, a movie, a product, a book, etc.). What does infinity mean in this context? Does is mean the same thing that it means in mathematics? Explain. (Include a link to the pop culture item in your post).
As I define it, infinity is something that has no end, no limit. In term of size, it can be limilessly big or small. I usually take the infinite number pi to illustrate my understanding of infinity.
In the manga Jujutsu Kaisen, during his fight against Jogo, Gojo explained how his special ability “infinity” works ( https://youtu.be/l4y0cMLEnk4 ). Indeed, the closer an object gets to him, the slower the object infinitely slows down until it seems to stop (but never stops), and nothing can touch him. When the object enters the infinitely divided space he created around him, it will slow down continuously. Basically, Gojo’s “infinity” manifests as the cumulation of an endless series causing anything attempting to reach him to slow down endlessly. A mathematical explanation would be that the acceleration of the object is decreased by dividing it an infinity amount of time which will eventually look like it is not moving at all but will always be in motion.
This concept parallels certain theories in physics regarding the nature of touch, which say that we don’t touch anything and that the sensation of touch is only a repulsive force between electrons although touch seems obvious, since we feel textures, heat. But in reality, two atoms cannot come into direct contact, because the electron clouds surrounding their nuclei repel each other (negative charges against negative charges). To put it simply, when two objects come into contact, the electrons of object A repel that of object B because of the similarity of the charges. When you touch something, you feel the repulsive force between the electrons. The harder the touch, the greater the repulsive force.
This is a line that I drew to illustrate my understanding of infinity. In primary school, a line was defined to me as an infinite number of point connected to each other and also extends endlessly in both directions. To simple, this line is made of an infinite number of point or dots.
Hey, I like how you explained that. I planned on writing about the same concept. I like how in-depth your explanation was.
Hello Ethan, oh really? I though of writing about another reference of infinity but It would have been harder for me to explain.But glad you liked my work thanks. I can wait to read your post.
Abdoul – thanks for being first-to-post! This is my favorite new superpower I’ve learned of recently – thanks for introducing me to it (I love how it’s inspired by Zeno’s Paradox, an early/ancient attempt to wrestle with the idea of infinity).
Thanks professor. It was interesting working on this assignment. It allowed me to work on something I liked. Now I’ve got to know more about Zeno’s Paradox. I happy you like it. 🙂