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Good fuckin' mornin or evenin, dear Agorans. Today, I shall explain to you this theory of mine I've had for like 4-5 years.
I'm a historian, right? Therefore, I am disillusioned by the boundaries of maths. Listen:
Infinity in maths (∞) does not exist.
Okay, back in high school in maths class, we kept having those messy equations that had answers like +∞ or -∞. It just didn't make sense to me after a while. Infinite is what? Infinite is infinite. Okay, how is that possible in a finite universe like ours? Maths is a finite realm that finite humans labeled. We are supposed to work infinity perfectly in a tapestry of concepts threaded by finite humans like that?
Fuck that, right?
I was tired, I was a science student just in the process of switching my branch to equally-weighted branch (literature-maths). Not too long after, I'd switch to full-on social sciences. I had this idea of switching my branch and giving up the 'dream' of being a programmer to pick up my passion for history, so I was stuck in a class full of scientists as a historian. I'd either sleep, draw, read books under the table, or suggest social science explanations for maths concepts.
So I got up and said that infinity doesn't exist.
And my teacher is an amazing mathematician, he would love theories or discussions like this. He laughed and invited me to explain my reasoning, very interested on how I ended up with that heretic thought of course. I mean, what can I say?
"Sir, infinity + 1 equals to infinity. How do we even define it, then? How can something 'infinite' exist in a mortal realm?" and other sorts.
The need to control infinity comes from the self-comfort need to label an unknown endpoint as "infinite". We build our modern maths on that. Back in prehistory, then neolithic and later on, we would always have the need for "infinite". Moon at night, will it last its light? Sun in the day, will it last its warmth till the end of our lives? Oh yeah, it must be infinite. Our safety in our little houses, new settlements, must be infinite. This will remain. Nothing will be lost.
And they called it infinite. How many trees on earth, mother? Will the apples last our progeny a lifetime and more? Absolutely, it must be infinite. The universe? Infinite. We know that it's not. We know that they are not, none of them are infinite.
Why are numbers, which exist within the finite boundaries of this universe, a little realm created by mortals, infinite? They are not.
I was glad to be disrupting the class, and so was the entire class of scientists who were tired as fuck, so they started to gee me up to speak louder. Soon enough, other math teachers had heard of my theory. In our other classes, they'd jokingly ask me about 'infinity' and my classmates would agree with me just to disrupt the class further.
I was given a board marker to go to the whiteboard and explain it. I mean, I was sort of talking out of my ass with the encouragement of my classmates until I could come up with legit-looking explanations. I ended up proposing a theory:
I proposed the "kaf" number. It comes from the Hebrew letter כ because I liked learning new alphabets and this shape looked cool as fuck. Plus, in Middle Eastern culture/mythology, there is "Kaf Mountain" sort of like a Neverland. We're around that area.
Kaf –it means to me "the end number beyond our understanding/calculation". Instead of "infinite", you would use this. No more seeking comfort in the fake infinity you yourself has created. Accept that you are not a god; you hold little power over the realm you merely labeled, let alone made from scratch. Even such, maths is a beast you cannot fully leash. It's barking at you whenever you write the infinity symbol.
It's natural that when you place kaf in our modern, faulty understanding of maths littered with 'infinity', the system will cause problems. To fix it, I have proposed minor adjustments. Now, let's work the problems with kaf out.
Infinity exists within the traditional numerical axis, right? It will extend from minus infinity to plus infinity. But I myself have proposed that the numerical axis is NOT like this. How is the numerical axis? Well, we can never fully know how it is, but I have some proposals.
Points to keep in mind:
1- Minus and plus kaf may be the same point. Kaf and zero may be the same point.
2- Kaf may or may not be reachable.
3- Placing other numbers on the axis may not accurately represent the distance between the measurable numbers and kaf.
4- On 2: Kaf may be reachable simply by counting like a baby... or it may be in another dimension/realm upon the extension of the numerical axis out of this modern maths realm, sticking out like an arrow and piercing into another world we may never reach but only dream of. Probably the latter is the case, therefore, we cannot give it a number value.
5- Following on 5: It is theoretically possible to assign a numerical value to kaf. It has a set value. It is not supposed to change, as it's the end point. However, if it takes place in another realm, it's possible that everything in the said realm may be fluctuating. It will naturally include kaf. Traditionally, we expect kaf to remain constant in our understanding in this dimension. What its real properties or its reflections can represent is not something we can accurately talk about.
This is the traditional, faulty axis:
And my proposals:
The crucial point is that we don't know how exactly the best representation of the realm of numbers would be shown on a 2-dimensional numerical axis. It could as well be a 3-d model, perhaps more. I am unsure of the exact extend of the real, untouched and uncontaminated realm of actual maths. We just know what we could label, that's it. I simply put forth three proposals. You can propose more. The explanations:
I. There may or may not be crosses, parallels, and intersections on the numerical axis. The very point of 0 can also be the point of kaf. If this is the case, plus and minus kaf are the same points. Similarly, this axis can be a three-dimensional one, much like a yarn that has tied ends. We only put it on a 2-dimensional surface and see it from an angle. Perhaps there are no intersections but we happen to see it that way.
II. One kaf point, minus and plus kaf are the same. I love this one tbh.
III. Much like the traditional axis, but we are replacing the infinity symbols and arrows of infinity with kaf and endpoints. There is an end, we are just too cowardly to accept it. Call it kaf and move on, you don't have to change much, right? Pretty convenient.
Some questions and answers with kaf:
What is כ+1?
כ+1 my dear friends, depends on the numerical axis. It can be just an unmarked point, it can be 1, it can be -כ+(1), etc. It can also be nonexistent if kaf is the ultimate endpoint of an axis with two ends. The entire point is that you'll never know, but you can 'accept' an axis and use whenever convenient, much like knitting with whichever yarn would fit your craft the best.
What is כ/ כ?
It's 1.
What is כ- כ?
It's 0.
Let me know if you have any questions, I'll try my best to answer them. I wonder what you think. I know it sounds crazy because it absolutely fucking is. I suffer in mandatory maths classes in university because we learn about some shit like IRA (interest accounts and shit) and I can only think about the Irish Republican Army because I'm a fucking historian stuck in maths in an ungodly hour of the day. I'm not a math genius BUT I STAND BY THIS THEORY.
I wonder what would happen if I posted this on reddit. They must have a maths community, right? Let's fucking see.
I'm a historian, right? Therefore, I am disillusioned by the boundaries of maths. Listen:
Infinity in maths (∞) does not exist.
Okay, back in high school in maths class, we kept having those messy equations that had answers like +∞ or -∞. It just didn't make sense to me after a while. Infinite is what? Infinite is infinite. Okay, how is that possible in a finite universe like ours? Maths is a finite realm that finite humans labeled. We are supposed to work infinity perfectly in a tapestry of concepts threaded by finite humans like that?
Fuck that, right?
I was tired, I was a science student just in the process of switching my branch to equally-weighted branch (literature-maths). Not too long after, I'd switch to full-on social sciences. I had this idea of switching my branch and giving up the 'dream' of being a programmer to pick up my passion for history, so I was stuck in a class full of scientists as a historian. I'd either sleep, draw, read books under the table, or suggest social science explanations for maths concepts.
So I got up and said that infinity doesn't exist.
And my teacher is an amazing mathematician, he would love theories or discussions like this. He laughed and invited me to explain my reasoning, very interested on how I ended up with that heretic thought of course. I mean, what can I say?
"Sir, infinity + 1 equals to infinity. How do we even define it, then? How can something 'infinite' exist in a mortal realm?" and other sorts.
The need to control infinity comes from the self-comfort need to label an unknown endpoint as "infinite". We build our modern maths on that. Back in prehistory, then neolithic and later on, we would always have the need for "infinite". Moon at night, will it last its light? Sun in the day, will it last its warmth till the end of our lives? Oh yeah, it must be infinite. Our safety in our little houses, new settlements, must be infinite. This will remain. Nothing will be lost.
And they called it infinite. How many trees on earth, mother? Will the apples last our progeny a lifetime and more? Absolutely, it must be infinite. The universe? Infinite. We know that it's not. We know that they are not, none of them are infinite.
Why are numbers, which exist within the finite boundaries of this universe, a little realm created by mortals, infinite? They are not.
I was glad to be disrupting the class, and so was the entire class of scientists who were tired as fuck, so they started to gee me up to speak louder. Soon enough, other math teachers had heard of my theory. In our other classes, they'd jokingly ask me about 'infinity' and my classmates would agree with me just to disrupt the class further.
I was given a board marker to go to the whiteboard and explain it. I mean, I was sort of talking out of my ass with the encouragement of my classmates until I could come up with legit-looking explanations. I ended up proposing a theory:
I proposed the "kaf" number. It comes from the Hebrew letter כ because I liked learning new alphabets and this shape looked cool as fuck. Plus, in Middle Eastern culture/mythology, there is "Kaf Mountain" sort of like a Neverland. We're around that area.
Kaf –it means to me "the end number beyond our understanding/calculation". Instead of "infinite", you would use this. No more seeking comfort in the fake infinity you yourself has created. Accept that you are not a god; you hold little power over the realm you merely labeled, let alone made from scratch. Even such, maths is a beast you cannot fully leash. It's barking at you whenever you write the infinity symbol.
It's natural that when you place kaf in our modern, faulty understanding of maths littered with 'infinity', the system will cause problems. To fix it, I have proposed minor adjustments. Now, let's work the problems with kaf out.
Infinity exists within the traditional numerical axis, right? It will extend from minus infinity to plus infinity. But I myself have proposed that the numerical axis is NOT like this. How is the numerical axis? Well, we can never fully know how it is, but I have some proposals.
Points to keep in mind:
1- Minus and plus kaf may be the same point. Kaf and zero may be the same point.
2- Kaf may or may not be reachable.
3- Placing other numbers on the axis may not accurately represent the distance between the measurable numbers and kaf.
4- On 2: Kaf may be reachable simply by counting like a baby... or it may be in another dimension/realm upon the extension of the numerical axis out of this modern maths realm, sticking out like an arrow and piercing into another world we may never reach but only dream of. Probably the latter is the case, therefore, we cannot give it a number value.
5- Following on 5: It is theoretically possible to assign a numerical value to kaf. It has a set value. It is not supposed to change, as it's the end point. However, if it takes place in another realm, it's possible that everything in the said realm may be fluctuating. It will naturally include kaf. Traditionally, we expect kaf to remain constant in our understanding in this dimension. What its real properties or its reflections can represent is not something we can accurately talk about.
This is the traditional, faulty axis:
And my proposals:
The crucial point is that we don't know how exactly the best representation of the realm of numbers would be shown on a 2-dimensional numerical axis. It could as well be a 3-d model, perhaps more. I am unsure of the exact extend of the real, untouched and uncontaminated realm of actual maths. We just know what we could label, that's it. I simply put forth three proposals. You can propose more. The explanations:
I. There may or may not be crosses, parallels, and intersections on the numerical axis. The very point of 0 can also be the point of kaf. If this is the case, plus and minus kaf are the same points. Similarly, this axis can be a three-dimensional one, much like a yarn that has tied ends. We only put it on a 2-dimensional surface and see it from an angle. Perhaps there are no intersections but we happen to see it that way.
II. One kaf point, minus and plus kaf are the same. I love this one tbh.
III. Much like the traditional axis, but we are replacing the infinity symbols and arrows of infinity with kaf and endpoints. There is an end, we are just too cowardly to accept it. Call it kaf and move on, you don't have to change much, right? Pretty convenient.
Some questions and answers with kaf:
What is כ+1?
כ+1 my dear friends, depends on the numerical axis. It can be just an unmarked point, it can be 1, it can be -כ+(1), etc. It can also be nonexistent if kaf is the ultimate endpoint of an axis with two ends. The entire point is that you'll never know, but you can 'accept' an axis and use whenever convenient, much like knitting with whichever yarn would fit your craft the best.
What is כ/ כ?
It's 1.
What is כ- כ?
It's 0.
Let me know if you have any questions, I'll try my best to answer them. I wonder what you think. I know it sounds crazy because it absolutely fucking is. I suffer in mandatory maths classes in university because we learn about some shit like IRA (interest accounts and shit) and I can only think about the Irish Republican Army because I'm a fucking historian stuck in maths in an ungodly hour of the day. I'm not a math genius BUT I STAND BY THIS THEORY.
I wonder what would happen if I posted this on reddit. They must have a maths community, right? Let's fucking see.
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