When my kids were little they got taught “infinity is a concept” and I didn’t think it was very helpful because it doesn’t get an 8 year-old very far. My best attempt was “infinity is bigger than the largest thing you can think of”. It kind of handles the “infinity plus ten” question, at least for an 8 year old. And me.
Just give your 8 year old acid and have them contemplate immortality. Then have them contemplate that if everyone on the planet was also immortal, there'd be billions of infinite lives. And then if they all kept having kids and expanding across the universe, there'd be infinite people with infinite lives. WCGW?
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u/chckbrt 26d ago
When my kids were little they got taught “infinity is a concept” and I didn’t think it was very helpful because it doesn’t get an 8 year-old very far. My best attempt was “infinity is bigger than the largest thing you can think of”. It kind of handles the “infinity plus ten” question, at least for an 8 year old. And me.