What Comes After Infinity? | Size Comparison?

Infinity is like having never-ending candy, you can always take one more piece!

But what happens if you have two never-ending candies? That’s like asking "What comes after infinity?"

Let’s say you’re counting numbers: 1, 2, 3, and so on. That's like having a never-ending candy bag, that’s one kind of infinity.

Now imagine you have another never-ending bag, but this time it has all the even numbers: 2, 4, 6, and so on. Even though you’re only counting every other number, there are still as many numbers in this bag as in the first one! That’s like having two kinds of infinity, and both feel just as big.

So sometimes, after infinity, there's another infinity, but it might not look any bigger than the first one!

Comparing Infinities

Think of it like two giant cookie jars:

  • One jar has cookies labeled 1, 2, 3... (all numbers)
  • Another has only even-numbered cookies: 2, 4, 6...

Even though the second jar is missing half the labels, both jars still have infinite cookies, so they're just as big! Infinity is like having never-ending candy, you can always take one more piece!

But what happens if you have two never-ending candies? That’s like asking "What comes after infinity?"

Let’s say you’re counting numbers: 1, 2, 3, and so on. That's like having a never-ending candy bag, that’s one kind of infinity.

Now imagine you have another never-ending bag, but this time it has all the even numbers: 2, 4, 6, and so on. Even though you’re only counting every other number, there are still as many numbers in this bag as in the first one! That’s like having two kinds of infinity, and both feel just as big.

So sometimes, after infinity, there's another infinity, but it might not look any bigger than the first one!

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Examples

  1. Counting all the stars in the sky is like counting to infinity, but there are more stars than you can count, that’s what comes after infinity.

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