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rjmorgalo
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Hello,
This is my first time posting something related to physics. I have never studied physics but I have a question that has been with me since my childhood. When I was about 10 years old, I was sitting alone in my backyard. I had a twig in my hand. I broke the twig in half and was left with two peices in my hand. I then discarded one of the twig halves and took the remaining half and then broke that one in half. I kept doing this over and over. I was determined to see how far I could go with this. It then dawned on me that as long as I have one half left I could continue to divide the piece to infinity. No matter how small the piece was, I will always have two smaller peices when I divide it in two. This may seem simple, but it has weighed heavy on my mind since I was a child. Just as the Universe is considered to be infinite in its magnitude, so is it infinite in its miniscule. This is not like dividing a molecule in half. This is simply dividing a mass in half without disturbing its molecular structure. How would you put this into an equation or formula and what do you make of this?
Thank you for your input.
Robert
This is my first time posting something related to physics. I have never studied physics but I have a question that has been with me since my childhood. When I was about 10 years old, I was sitting alone in my backyard. I had a twig in my hand. I broke the twig in half and was left with two peices in my hand. I then discarded one of the twig halves and took the remaining half and then broke that one in half. I kept doing this over and over. I was determined to see how far I could go with this. It then dawned on me that as long as I have one half left I could continue to divide the piece to infinity. No matter how small the piece was, I will always have two smaller peices when I divide it in two. This may seem simple, but it has weighed heavy on my mind since I was a child. Just as the Universe is considered to be infinite in its magnitude, so is it infinite in its miniscule. This is not like dividing a molecule in half. This is simply dividing a mass in half without disturbing its molecular structure. How would you put this into an equation or formula and what do you make of this?
Thank you for your input.
Robert