12-30-2005, 04:21 AM
"The infinite" is not a noun with meaning. Comparing one infinte set to another is not comparing something to itself. Sets can be finite, or they can be infinite. The set of all integers X and the set of all integers 2(X) are both infinite, but one is twice the sum of the other. They are not equal.
The argument is that there is no *knowable first cause*. We cannot simply assume there was a first cause, because there does not, logically speaking, have to be one. We cannot find evidence for what the first cause was, because there are physical limits preventing us from knowing it. With those two barriers in place, the possible solutions are clear: We don't know, and we probably can't find out.
-Jester
The argument is that there is no *knowable first cause*. We cannot simply assume there was a first cause, because there does not, logically speaking, have to be one. We cannot find evidence for what the first cause was, because there are physical limits preventing us from knowing it. With those two barriers in place, the possible solutions are clear: We don't know, and we probably can't find out.
-Jester