Friday, July 13, 2007

Crazy Crap Item #123: The part where Jack and I ponder immeasurables.

Jack: What is 3,000 plus 3,000?

Kay: 6,000.

Jack: What is 6,000 plus 6,000?

Kay: 12,000.

Jack: What is 12,000 plus 12,000?

Kay: 24,000.

Jack: What is 24,000 plus 24,000?

Kay: 48,000.

Jack: What is 48,000 plus 48,000?

Kay: 96,000.

Jack: What is 96,000 plus 96,000?

Kay: Um. [Pause.] 192,000.

Jack: What is 192,000 plus 192,000?

Kay: Oh, man. Let me think. [Jottings in air with finger.] 384,000.

Jack: What is 384,000 plus 384,000?

Kay: It'll take me a minute to figure that out.

Jack: I know. It's got to be infinity. 384,000 plus 384,000 is so big, it has to be infinity.

Kay: That can't be right, because infinity is bigger than anything you can add together.

Jack: What? What do you mean?

Kay: Infinity is everything. It just keeps going. Because you can always add one.

Jack: Add one what?

Kay: I mean, you can always add the number one. Like, one plus one is two; two plus one is three, and so on. Since you can always add one, you can never get to the end. Infinity means you can never get to the end, because it just keeps getting bigger.

Jack: Is infinity everything?

Kay: Yes. It's everything. It's bigger than everything, because it just keeps getting bigger.

Jack: So God is infinity.

Kay: Yes, God is infinity. He's everything. Plus one. God is everything, plus one.

Jack: So is God you?

Kay: Yes, God is me. God is bigger than me.

Jack: So God is me?

Kay: Yes, God is you and me and everything.

Jack: [ponders]

Kay: God is everything you ever thought, plus one.

Jack: So what about the devil.

Kay: That's another story.

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