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How Crazy The Concept of Infinity is

When we talk about infinity  ∞ , we talk about the existence or something so large or so tiny, it's impossible to imagine. But ironically, we've done just that. Imagine you take a bag of salt and tried to count how many grains of salt there is in it, you'd say it's impossible because it feels so infinite. Well, that analogy hasn't even begun to scratch the surface of the concept that is infinity.  Infinity is imaginable yet so complex to understand. It took years before mathematicians could first understand what infinity is. It is not a number! It's is more like an abstraction . Some people define it as something that is so large and limitless. But that's not all true. You'll see why later on. We Have Infinities Are you a science enthusiast? If so, you'd have probably heard of a theory of multiple universes that makes up the multiverse. If not, click here . The theory that makes room for the possibility of a multiverse infers we