As for gravitational singularities, the problem here is not the concept of infinity. That is an innocent bystander. The problem is that the math breaks down.
I never really got why the math is said to ‘break down’. Is it just because of a divide by zero thing or something more significant? I guess I just don’t see a particular problem with having a part of the universe really being @%%@ed up like that.
I guess I just don’t see a particular problem with having a part of the universe really being @%%@ed up like that.
What I think is more likely is that the universe does not actually divide by zero, and the singularity is a gap in our knowledge. Gaps in knowledge are the problem of science, whose function is to fill them.
I never really got why the math is said to ‘break down’. Is it just because of a divide by zero thing or something more significant? I guess I just don’t see a particular problem with having a part of the universe really being @%%@ed up like that.
What I think is more likely is that the universe does not actually divide by zero, and the singularity is a gap in our knowledge. Gaps in knowledge are the problem of science, whose function is to fill them.