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| − | '''Infinity''' means beyond enumeration.<ref>This improved definition comports best with the use of the term in mathematics, in everyday life, and across cultures and languages.</ref> Appreciation of infinity -- particularly infinite time -- is remarkably useful mentally, emotionally, and personally. "Paradise" is infinite [[happiness]] and [[joy]] eternally; "[[Hell]]" is infinite distress; in electronics, an "open circuit" has infinite resistance.<ref>Anxiety or fear about infinity is a psychiatric condition known as "apeirophobia", which exists because infinity is real.</ref> '''''Recognition of infinite time can overcome almost any anxiety'''''. Financial-related stress can be reduced by recognizing money as being infinite. A human being has infinite potential. | + | '''Infinity''' means beyond enumeration.<ref>This improved definition comports best with the use of the term in mathematics, in everyday life, and across cultures and languages.</ref> Appreciation of infinity -- particularly infinite time -- is remarkably useful mentally and emotionally. "Paradise" is infinite [[happiness]] and [[joy]] eternally; "[[Hell]]" is infinite distress; in electronics, an "open circuit" has infinite resistance.<ref>Anxiety or fear about infinity is a psychiatric condition known as "apeirophobia", which exists because infinity is real.</ref> '''''Recognition of infinite time can overcome almost any anxiety'''''. Financial-related stress can be reduced by recognizing money as being infinite. A human being has infinite potential. |
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| | The existence of infinity tends to prove the existence of [[God]]. Nature and the universe reflect mathematical truths, and denying the existence of God implicitly denies the existence of infinity, contrary to logic, evidence, and the enormous usefulness of the concept. | | The existence of infinity tends to prove the existence of [[God]]. Nature and the universe reflect mathematical truths, and denying the existence of God implicitly denies the existence of infinity, contrary to logic, evidence, and the enormous usefulness of the concept. |
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| | *movies: ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953), ''Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018), ''Infinity'' (1996), and the TV show ''Forever'' (2014-15); famous lines from movies include "To Infinity and Beyond!" (Buzz Lightyear in the ''Toy Story'' films). | | *movies: ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953), ''Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018), ''Infinity'' (1996), and the TV show ''Forever'' (2014-15); famous lines from movies include "To Infinity and Beyond!" (Buzz Lightyear in the ''Toy Story'' films). |
| | *understanding other terms: infinity helps define other terms concisely, such as "open circuit" (infinite resistance); | | *understanding other terms: infinity helps define other terms concisely, such as "open circuit" (infinite resistance); |
| − | *[[Resurrection]]: personal awareness of infinite time implies, as a matter of logic, personal realization of infinite time; | + | *[[Resurrection]]: personal awareness of infinite time implies, as a matter of logic, actual realization of infinite time through resurrection; |
| | *[[Abraham Lincoln]]: "Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality";<ref>https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_121271</ref> | | *[[Abraham Lincoln]]: "Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality";<ref>https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_121271</ref> |
| | *in [[probability]], impossibility is what is infinitely unlikely; | | *in [[probability]], impossibility is what is infinitely unlikely; |
| | *as to dignity, "Infinite Dignity" is the title of a [[Vatican]] document condemning transgender procedures as published on April 8, 2024;<ref>https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/04/08/240408c.html</ref> | | *as to dignity, "Infinite Dignity" is the title of a [[Vatican]] document condemning transgender procedures as published on April 8, 2024;<ref>https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/04/08/240408c.html</ref> |
| | *in [[infinity in engineering|engineering]]: in a DC circuit, a capacitor has infinite resistance, while [[Earth]] has infinite capacitance; | | *in [[infinity in engineering|engineering]]: in a DC circuit, a capacitor has infinite resistance, while [[Earth]] has infinite capacitance; |
| − | *in an [[eclipse]], the refraction of light around the [[Moon]] results in the equivalent of infinite light intensity (which can damage the naked eye); and | + | *in an [[eclipse]], the refraction of light around the [[Moon]] results in the equivalent of infinite light intensity (which can damage the naked eye); |
| | + | *in [[currency]], devaluation to zero occurs if and only if there is infinite [[inflation]]; and |
| | *in carpentry and [[materials science]]: wood of infinite density is needed to build a spiral staircase with multiple twists and no supporting column, which can hold a dozen people at once - see [[Loretto spiral staircase]]. | | *in carpentry and [[materials science]]: wood of infinite density is needed to build a spiral staircase with multiple twists and no supporting column, which can hold a dozen people at once - see [[Loretto spiral staircase]]. |
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