12/31/2024
I once suggested that by employing a Communicatable Universe—a universe with which we can exchange information—together with cosmic artificial intelligence, we might come closer to understanding the infinity of the cosmos. Yet I write this now to emphasize more clearly that monitoring the infinity of the universe (infinite-ness) is something entirely different from claiming that the universe itself is infinite.
When a computer says that the universe is “99.9999…% infinite and 0.0000…% finite,” does this truly mean the universe is infinite? The answer is no. The probability of finiteness can always increase, because a computer interprets infinity only through divergence or observable trends.
If a computer were to continue calculating what it cannot possibly compute, without halting, it would overheat and its essential components would burn out. A computer does not “see” infinity directly; it merely tracks tendencies. Since its capacity is finite, it cannot contain infinity—it can only estimate probabilities.
Still, the Communicatable Universe is surely closer to infinity than the Observable Universe. If there exists a civilization that has directly observed or experienced the Big Bang—and if it is quantum-entangled with us—then communication could potentially reach beyond the limits of observation. In cosmology, the asymmetry between matter and antimatter almost compels us to posit a universe beyond our universe, in order to restore symmetry.
So, what then is infinity? It is nothing less than an idea—an ideal form—that no computer can ever truly compute or depict.
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