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View submission: /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | January 20, 2020
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but I'll give it a shot. I was thinking about the concept of infinity and how I believe it surrounds almost everything in the universe. One particular thing that came to mind is the concept of going infinitely slow vs being at a full stop. If I were standing still, or if I decided to take one step forward with the intention of being infinitely slow while doing so, what is the difference? Are they considered the same thing?
Comment by TypingMonkey59 at 25/01/2020 at 02:55 UTC
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If I were standing still, or if I decided to take one step forward with the intention of being infinitely slow while doing so, what is the difference? Are they considered the same thing?
1/x=0 as x approaches infinity. Read up on calculus and the concept of limits.
Comment by why-is-there-earth at 24/01/2020 at 12:44 UTC
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It depends what you’re measuring. If you never move, you’re infinitely stationery. If you move slowly, you’re infinitely in motion. It doesn’t matter whether we can perceive how slow you’re moving.
To me it sounds a lot like “a tree falls in an empty forest”