6/24/14

Some Infinities are Bigger than Other Infinities

Hello, good day to you all!
I'm really sorry about not posting at all, I'm on vacation.
And now we're out of school, we can post more freely and you know, talk about our interests and discuss random things rather than focus on math.
So hello. It's Strix Spell here. I think Kazuma decided that she does not want to post anymore and Annis might, occasionally. I like to keep a schedule but well, that's near impossible now.
As well as talking about math, we can expand it to some more science as well.
Today, I'm focusing on the popular quote by John Green in his new book The Fault in Our Stars which I read and I'm going to review in my other blog.
Anyway, the quote is: "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."
The thing about infinity, it is endless. It goes on and never stops, like a set of numbers (1,2,3,4...) So how are some infinities bigger than other infinities?
Hazel incorrectly explains it as: the set of numbers between 0 to 1 is a smaller infinity than the set of numbers between 0 and 2. While that is untrue, the statement some infinities are bigger than other infinities is still true.

That video explains a lot better than I can. But, if you are too lazy to watch the video, here is a random summary. While the set of numbers between 0 and 1 is the same number as the set of numbers between 0 and 2, we know that the set of numbers between 0 and 1 is bigger than the set of positive integers (1,2,3,4...). 
Okay, I can't explain so haha! You have to watch the video to understand. 
Anyway, basically, what I am trying to point out is that some infinities are bigger than other infinities. Yay!


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