My theory on infinite conprehension in measurement.

[wayoftheleaf]

Okay I have this theory.

Measurement is infinite. A figure can always be measured to a greater degree than it currently is. Because of this, if a being could conprehend everything at the moment it happened, it could possibly become fixed in time understanding the time that it in.

What do you think?

wayoftheleaf Reviewed by wayoftheleaf on 01-15-2007. My theory on infinite conprehension in measurement. Okay I have this theory. Measurement is infinite. A figure can always be measured to a greater degree than it currently is. Because of this, if a being could conprehend everything at the moment it happened, it could possibly become fixed in time understanding the time that it in. What do you think? Rating: 5

[TheFatKid]

Whoa, confusing. I don't really understand it. Can you dumb it down a bit from Because of this, if a being could conprehend everything at the moment it happened, it could possibly become fixed in time understanding the time that it in.

[wayoftheleaf]

If you measure something to be one inch, it is not exactly one inch. In fact, due to numbers being infinite, you could measure the exact measurement of that inch forever, or until your equipment that you are using can no longer measure it anymore because it is not advanced enough to find the next number.

If someone or something had the ability to fully comprehend anything and everything in the world at one time, then it would become basically frozen in time.

The reason for this is this.

If it tried to understand the exact moment it is in, then it would find the time. Right now it is 12:08:36 but it would go further than just hours, minutes and seconds. We are talking about hundreds of millions of trillions of numbers after the decimal. The being would actually just go on and on in the comprehendtion at the moment it is in forever, and never get to the end.

[TheFatKid]

OHHHH. So basically we are never exact, and even when something appears small, it is in a state of being infinite to a small extent?

[wayoftheleaf]

Exactly.

[konqrr]

Well if you think about it that way, then...

Before you take one step you must take half a step, before you take half a step you must take 1/4 a step, and so on and so on until the units get so small that you are basicly "stuck in time" in the way you describe it. Although the reason for it is different...follows the same logic of thinking though

[Pipe Dreams]

Word. I couldnt understand that if I wasnt stoned right now. Im typing with one eye open so I can see straight.

[Polymirize]

well, for starters, you're not quite accurate there yourself. An inch is an inch. And a second is a second. Measurement itself may be a theoretical construct that we overlay onto the world but that doesn't threaten its precision. Your connundrum is similar to Zeno's paradox which you should look into. Suffice it to say, time still passes and objects can still move, so see if you can't find a solution to this quandry.

[TheFatKid]

I hate theorizing like this sometimes cuz I often contradict myself, and argue with myself, and think of new ideas constantly, but it is a great way to exercise the mind.

Another hard concept to visualize is time. Who one day decided that the year we are now in is 1? What if there was previous generations of people who had a time system of their own, contradicting the man who invented the year. It is infinite, and a hard concept to grasp. It seems so basic, but I could think about this for hours.

[wayoftheleaf]

Which is why I put there must be a being able to do it.

If a person has the ability to automatically know and understand the unit of time he or she is in, then he or she would be locked in time, because the unit of time he or she is in is an infinite number.