Not true! Infinities can be different sizes! Take, for example, the set of whole numbers: [1,2,3,4….]. It’s infinite! But look at the set of even numbers [2,4,6…]. It’s also infinite.
But, the set of whole numbers is bigger than the set of even numbers. They’re both infinite, but one is a bigger infinity.
Math is great.
It gets weirder. They WOULD be worth the same, because they would all have ZERO MONETARY VALUE.
A medium of exchange must be finite in order that it can be mapped onto finite goods and services. If you had an infinite number of dollar bills, hyperinflation would render any finite number of them worthless. They wouldn’t even be worth the paper they’re printed on, since with an infinite supply of a resource, the marginal value of any finite subsection of it is zero.
Wouldn’t they be worth exactly the paper they’re printed on, since the paper’s value would now also be zero for the same reason?
@esser-z im pretty sure thats literally incorrect. infinites is the same
@37q that’s like a pretty disputed paradox within mathematics but i think the general consensus is in favor of there being infinities of different sizes. i think it’s a moot point personally but i’m not a mathematically inclined at all
The main argument I’ve heard of in terms of differently sized infinities is between countable versus uncountable infinities and like… all of the infinite series / situations listed here are countable infinities so I’m not sure that that applies?
The latest class of NASA astronauts, recruited in 2013 and already in training, will also be candidates for the first trip to Mars, and for the first time in NASA history, 50 percent of them are female.
The class of is made up of eight recruits in total - Josh Cassada, Victor Glover, Tyler Hague, Christina Hammock, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Anne McClain, Jessica Meir, and Andrew Morgan - selected from a pool of around 6,100 applicants. That’s a fierce 0.0013 percent success rate.
The application process alone took 18 months of rigorous medical and psychological testing, and the recruits are now going through two years of training before they’ll officially join NASA’s 46 currently active astronauts.
But what’s really cool is that they’re the first class to be candidates for the mission to Mars. “If we go to Mars, we’ll be representing our entire species in a place we’ve never been before. To me it’s the highest thing a human being can achieve,” McClain told Ginny Graves in an exclusive interview for Glamour magazine at the end of last year.
That training, as you can imagine, is pretty intense, with the candidates learning how to fly T-38 supersonic jets, practicing walking around underwater in spacesuit that weigh 181 kg (400 pounds), and surviving what’s called the vomit comet, which simulates weightlessness through freefall.
They’re also being taught a whole bunch of general survival skills that might help them cope with the myriad things that could go wrong on the Red Planet.
I’ve been having bad days and drawing this helped me remember things.
I hope it helps you, too.
Every time, without fail, this makes me tear up.
I’m the bird. at all times.
I’m the bird for others, the blob when there’s no distractions, and a nice amalgamation of the two when psychoanalyzing and keeping myself balanced and moving forward
Edith Margaret Garrud was among
the first female professional martial arts instructors in the Western
world. She is remembered for having trained the Bodyguard Unit of the
Women’s Social and Political Union in jujutsu self-defense techniques.
“Accept - then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.”
Eckhart Tolle (via purplebuddhaproject)
