{"id":19096,"date":"2022-05-05T19:40:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T23:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=19096"},"modified":"2022-05-09T16:16:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T20:16:13","slug":"why-is-the-idea-of-infinity-self-contradictory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/05\/05\/why-is-the-idea-of-infinity-self-contradictory\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the idea of infinity self contradictory?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0284-rotated-e1651793988588.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0284-rotated-e1651793988588.jpg\" alt=\"Why is the idea of infinity self contradictory?\" class=\"wp-image-19086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0284-rotated-e1651793988588.jpg 480w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0284-rotated-e1651793988588-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Why is the idea of infinity self contradictory?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a bunch of problems with infinity as a concept. Here&#8217;s a starter discussion with a great bibliography: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanford.io\/3OXSxzn\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/stanford.io\/3OXSxzn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a bunch of problems with infinity as a concept. Here&#8217;s a starter discussion with a great bibliography: https:\/\/stanford.io\/3OXSxzn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19125,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19096\/revisions\/19125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}