Things get weird at infinity when you go so far out that normal rules don’t seem to work anymore.
Imagine you're playing a game where you walk forward and count your steps: 1, 2, 3... If you keep going forever, you’ll reach infinity, not a place, but a really big number. Now, imagine you have two groups of people walking toward infinity. One group has 10 kids, and the other has 100 kids. At first glance, it seems like the bigger group will get to infinity faster.
But here’s the twist: infinity plus anything is still infinity. So even if one group is much bigger, both groups still reach infinity at the same time, just like how a big pile of blocks and a small pile of blocks can both be “a lot” when you're very far away from them.
What happens with numbers?
If you have infinity cookies and give some to your friend, you still have infinity left. It’s like having an endless bag of candy, no matter how many pieces you take out, there are always more inside. That's why things get weird at infinity, the usual rules don’t apply anymore!
Examples
- A cookie jar that never runs out because you always take one and add two back
- Counting numbers forever, but there are still more numbers to count
- Trying to reach the end of a never-ending hallway
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See also
- Why Do Infinity and Infinity Not Always Add Up?
- Why Does Infinity Make Math Crazy?
- How Does Explaining Hilbert's Hotel Work?
- How Does Hotel Infinity: Part One Work?
- How big is infinity dennis wildfogel?