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Thursday, May 18th, 2006 09:37 am (UTC)
here's my favorite way to explain infinity to non-mathnerds

You own a hotel
it has infinite rooms
on Day 1, an infinite number of guests check in
your hotel is full
on Day 2, a second batch of an infinite number of guests check in
..you ask all the guests from day 1 to move up to their next even-numbered room
..the new guests check into the odd-numbered room
everyone gets a room
your hotel with infinite rooms and infinite guests is still full.
repeat as neccessary.

granted, that's a purely integer example, but it's a nice way to answer kids who (like we all did) ask questions like 'whats infinity plus one?'

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