Not to math post on the fandom blog but does anyone else get annoyed when a mathematician or scientist in media is like:
"out of infinite possibilities, this is the only one..."
THAT IS NOT HOW INFINITY WORKS AND ANY MATHEMATICIAN/SCIENTIST WOULD KNOW THAT!
infinity is not some big number, it is a concept, a symbol representing the fact that something will never end.
so no, this is not THE ONLY REALITY OUT OF INFINITE REALITIES UNLESS YOUR UNIVERSE'S CONCEPT OF INFINITY IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM OURS
The best way to understand infinity is not to say there is infinitely many of them because that implies a number and infinity is NOT A NUMBER, IT IS A CONCEPT! MATHEMATICIANS OR SCIENTISTS WOULD NOT SAY "Out of an infinite number" WHEN DISCUSSING SERIOUS MATERIAL WORK BECAUSE IT HAS NO MEANING.
Infinity is not even large, its just endless. Things can be infinitely small or infinitely getting closer and never touching (the dichotomy paradox). Humans just assume it is large because endless typically implies largeness.
So to all writers, as a mathematician, please, for the love of my sanity, don't make your scientist/mathematician/engineer/intelligent STEM character say that unless you want to imply that the character in question doesn't actually understand the subject they are said to or you want me to suffer :,)
