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Subject: Infinity began?

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Wade A. Tisthammer
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Date Posted: 02/27/04 10:45pm
In reply to: Damoclese 's message, "Answer" on 02/27/04 3:28pm

>>The dilemma does necessarily result from Shandy
>>writing from eternity past. I don't think you've
>>demonstrated otherwise at all. If you think you have
>>done so, what day did Shandy write about last
>>year?
>
>Starting this thing at zero as I proposed earlier on
>(zero being the point at which infinity began for
>Shandy,or when he was born, or a random point at which
>to attack infinity {in which case all points are
>equally good}) and assuming last year was 2003, he
>wrote about day 2003. Of course, if the last year were
>1899 he would have written about day 1899.

Well, the reason that wouldn't work is that the past, since it is infinite, has no beginning. Shandy was never born, he was always writing. An infinite past can't have a beginning. If it did, (along with other problems) it would never get to the present. (Confer what I said about Shandy being infinitely far behind.)

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Infinity squared Damoclese 02/28/04 7:19am

oops -- Damoclese, 02/28/04 7:59am
Splitting unnecessary hairs. -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 03/ 5/04 11:59am

Giggle -- Damoclese, 03/ 5/04 3:34pm

My point exactly Ben 03/ 2/04 7:34am

And what point would that be? -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 03/ 5/04 12:03pm

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>>>The dilemma does necessarily result from >Shandy >>>writing from eternity past. I don't think you've >>>demonstrated otherwise at all. If you think you have >>>done so, what day did Shandy write about last >>>year? >> >>Starting this thing at zero as I proposed earlier on >>(zero being the point at which infinity began for >>Shandy,or when he was born, or a random point at which >>to attack infinity {in which case all points are >>equally good}) and assuming last year was 2003, he >>wrote about day 2003. Of course, if the last year were >>1899 he would have written about day 1899. > >Well, the reason that wouldn't work is that the >past, since it is infinite, has no beginning. >Shandy was never born, he was always writing. An >infinite past can't have a beginning. If it did, >(along with other problems) it would never get to the >present. (Confer what I said about Shandy being >infinitely far behind.)

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