The Theory of Infinite Distance. - General

I don't know if this have been theorized or not, but I though of something. [img]http://imgkk.com/i/BhCpiC.png[/img] This is a graph. This graph is special for one reason. It will continue for ever, but will never cross the Y-axis or X-axis. Ever. It goes on forever, but never contacts the axi's. It will go to the the smallest interval, but will never touch "0", Why? Mathematically speaking, the reason this graph will never touch the axis is because is the graph of the equation (1/x). The reason it can never touch 0, is we have no clue what happens a number, such as 1, is divided 0 times. You also can have a square root of a negative number, because the answer becomes imaginary, but I digress. The reason for this? Well, you can use graphs to show relation to things in real life, and I began to wonder. What happens if this graph is related to real life? Now, lets use an example. Say you are walking to a destination one kilometer away. It takes 20 minutes to get there, average walking speed 3 Kilometer per hour, just as an example. . So, after 19 minutes, 30 seconds, your only about a meter away. So, you keep walking. Your one decimeter away. Continue. Your a centimeter away. Than, a millimeter. Pentameter. Hexameter. Septameter. Picometer. Nanometer. You can continue forever, to the nth-meter. There is an infinite measure of how accurate, and you can continue forever. There is a infinte distance you can be. From .01, to .000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 Then how can you reach a destination, in anytime? Well, people round everything to set amounts. Such as you wouldn't say 1000 meters, you most likely would say 1 kilo. Not 100 centi-seconds, but one second. Its weird, but if you think about it. You are always some distance from your destination, even if it is 1 x 10^24 meters, or a yoctometer, away.

What a mindfuck. EDIT:Wow, lotta disagrees.....think about all those crazy measurements. All those 0s. Though, seems weird. I keep thinking about the laws of physics and shit. Like, for example, how can my finger push a key down on a keyboard if technically it's never touching it? IDK..........I can't fucking think of this. That is why it is a mindfuck. I come up with potential flaws, but then get confused and mindfucked.

God damnit. The fucking teacher explains this in 9th grade. I should make a thread about the difference between their, there, and they're.

interesting.

What is this. Of course you can reach a destination. This is just an unnecessary complication on something that everyone knows is completely true. Of course I can walk a kilometer, what kind of bullshit would stop me from not walking a kilometer? If I draw an X a kilometer away from me and proceed to step on the X, I am directly on the X and not a bit away from it at any degree. I'm not sure what the graph of y=1/x has to do with any of this. This is like saying .333 times 3 = 1 because 1/3=.333.

Because you are not impossibly thin (like the line), your bodies displacement WILL cross the x/y axis. /thread.

[QUOTE=Ltp0wer;17346443]God damnit. The fucking teacher explains this in 9th grade. I should make a thread about the difference between their, there, and they're.[/QUOTE] I never said had grammar, mother fucker. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Flaming." - PacificV2))[/highlight]

People don't walk with a variable as the denominator. Also, learn limits.

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradox[/url] Hardly a new argument. Differential calculus states that F(x)=1/X is equal to 0 at infinity

a theroy is when a large portion of the science community believes it not when u think up because your bored

So basically Zeno's paradoxes? I'm enamored with those. How about the third paradox? How can you ever [I]begin[/I] to move? To drop an apple from you hand, it must first travel half the way to the floor from your hand. It must also travel 1/4 the way. And 1/8. And 1/16. And 1/32. And 1/64. And 1/128. And 1/256. And 1/512. And 1/1024. And 1/2048. And 1/4096.

[QUOTE=john_pelphre;17346490]I never said had grammar, mother fucker.[/QUOTE] You misunderstood me. I meant that you made a thread about something that is common knowledge, that no one should give a fuck about.

[QUOTE=BldrGyMnGy;17346487]Because you are not impossibly thin (like the line), your bodies displacement WILL cross the x/y axis. /thread.[/QUOTE] We all know, but it's cool to consider nevertheless, correct?

[QUOTE=Crab;17346499]a theroy is when a large portion of the science community believes it not when u think up because your bored[/QUOTE] [quote=Wikipedia]A theory, in the scientific sense of the word, is an analytic structure designed to explain a set of empirical observations. A scientific theory does two things: 1. it identifies this set of distinct observations as a class of phenomena, and 2. makes assertions about the underlying reality that brings about or affects this class.[/quote] This is how people think of theories, [b]because[/b] they are bored

[QUOTE=Crab;17346499]a theroy is when a large portion of the science community believes it not when u think up because your bored[/QUOTE] This.

No, you're just infinitely slowing down time to make it seem like you're never going to get there. /theory

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradoxes[/url] Of course you can actually move from point A to point B, everyone. We know. It's just an interesting idea.

That's what the man wants you to believe.

[QUOTE=john_pelphre;17346557]This is how people think of theories, [b]because[/b] they are bored[/QUOTE] It's more a hypothesis, if we're going to get technical: 1. (sciences) A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. 2. (general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation. 3. (grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement. Also, things moving in real life obey things like mechanics, instead of pure mathematics.

GASPPP then using your logic, (1/3)*3 is not 1, but .9999 repeating. This is also saying that 1-(3/3) is not zero, but .0001 (with lots more zeros)

[QUOTE=Ltp0wer;17346443]God damnit. The fucking teacher explains this in 9th grade. I should make a thread about the difference between their, there, and they're.[/QUOTE] Seeing as this is Facepunch you should definitely post that.

I hate when people on facepunch think they've come up with some new "theory" when this stuff has all been thought of more than two thousand years ago by a bunch of ancient greek guys who had nothing better to do than think all day

I just touched my monitor my hand reached it's destination no problem I felt it reach it so it's no distance away

[QUOTE=awinnarisme;17346496][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradox[/url] Hardly a new argument. Differential calculus states that F(x)=1/X is equal to 0 at infinity[/QUOTE] This. We spent a whole week in Calc II on a huge discussion on this. There is actual mathematical proof that once you get so small of a value that it equals zero. Of course this is all theoretical.

[QUOTE=shill le 2nd;17346681]I hate when people on facepunch think they've come up with some new [b]untested hypothesis.[/b][/QUOTE] your not the only one also fixed your post

[QUOTE=Dottedline;17346669]GASPPP then using your logic, (1/3)*3 is not 1, but .9999 repeating[/QUOTE] In danger of starting an argument, 0.9 recurring equals 1 anyway.

[QUOTE=Camundongo;17346726]In danger of starting an argument, 0.9 recurring equals 1 anyway.[/QUOTE] We went over this :v: it's so close to one, for all intents and purposes it is 1.

[QUOTE=DementNeo;17346684]I just touched my monitor my hand reached it's destination no problem I felt it reach it so it's no distance away[/QUOTE] nowai >:( Honestly people, it's all just throwing ideas about. We're not saying you can't travel anywhere.

This is because math is, at its base, a system that doesn't have anything to do with reality. Math is a system in which numbers are manipulated by other numbers, [i]physics[/i] is where hypothetical situations in reality are manipulated by numbers. This system is [b]extremely[/b] accurate, it does not, however, have anything to do with reality. Math is a nice system for figuring things out, it isn't perfect though, as you have just found out. I'm sure quantum physics has something in it about this.

[QUOTE=awinnarisme;17346496][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradox[/url] Hardly a new argument. Differential calculus states that F(x)=1/X is equal to 0 at infinity[/QUOTE] Technically you have to take the limit of 1/x to infinity for it to equal zero, which basically means as X approaches infinity F(x) approaches 0. You can't actually divide by zero or infinity, just take the limit of it to see what it approaches. Also here is a mind fuck, lim(1^(x)) as x approaches infinity (think basically 1^infinity) is not 1, it is indeterminate.