How can one identify infinity?

How can one identify infinity?


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Turn off the television and teach your children how to think.

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Straight out of 'The Phantom Tollbooth' comes this suggestion: Think of the largest number you can imagine. Now add one to it. Now add one again. Now add one again. And again. And again. And again...

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I don't think you can identify infinity if you mean in the sense of apprehending it. The best we can do is to try to define it.

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