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Originally Posted by N0B0DY It depends on how we interpret absolute and infinite I think, Mohan. In science there are absolute values, but are not referring to the same philosophical interpretation as having a singular substance, speed, density, etc.. When the latter interpretation is used, the infinite number of absolute values of science become the same. The absolute, I liken to the largest and smallest number which is beyond the infinite range of numbers that become larger and larger or smaller and smaller. It can be said that the largest is one, with all the scientific absolutes being fractions in between one and zero, which is where the ancient concepts of the "one" and "void" come from. You will notice that the largest and lowest become the same state, which is how I equate the one and zero.
The speed of light then, if absolute in the philosophical sense, is beyond infinite velocity. So any reduction in this absolute speed allows for an infinite number of velocities. There can be zero velocities that result from point particles in circular motion, whereby there is no change in direction; and there can be zero velocities from point particles that aren't moving. The absolute speed gives the shape of stuff in the former case, when the angular momentum is observed, because the point is at all points around the spheres; and in the latter case, Newton's absolute speed shrinks Einstein's spacetime to zero. From this point we need non-zero velocities of light (within detectable range) to carry the information of the random events in the universe. |
So, is it like the numbers are limits whose absolute values can never be approached, so they become infinite.
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