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the universe was an example.
the point concerned the notion of infinite-ness and what relation it could possibly have to a singular process.
i know the answer, really: the idea of an infinite process is a transposing of that of the number series in general, so another version of for any number n there is always n+1
i just thought it curious that we talk about "an" infinite anything.
the main point is i see little in this beyond playing about with the hole created by the word infinity, which requires no referent and no knowledge of a referent, a hole generated through relatively simple acts of semantic inversion or negation.
but still, how exactly does a single infinite process make sense?
if the process is itself singular, it can't be infinite---it can be endless. but endless and infinite aren't the same are they?
except if you adopt the position that the number series is a model for the infinite.
but that seems kinda trivial, in my humble opinion.
just poking around.
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