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InfinityThere is only one being, continuous, material, and motionless.Lets take a moment to examine a number line.<------------------------------------------------------------>5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70Its pretty unprejudiced to understand. The line represents a distance, and the"" characters symbolize distinguishable points on the line-the exact points aredifferentiated by the number below them.Any number line is still to have contain points which arentnecessarily designated by a number. For example, on the above number line weknow that between 5 and 10 we can pass the point 7. This example is illustratedbelow.<----------->5 7 10In fact, it is understood that there are an infinite number of points onany number line. between 5 and 7 we can find the points 5.009852, 5.9, 6,6.262623627000029873257690125762, 6.3336, 6.999, 6.9999, etc.Rulers are examples of how we might commonly use a number line. Differentrulers mark off different distances such as ya rds, feet, inches, centimeters,millimeters, and so on. Obviously rulers cannot be used to measure alldistances because some distances may be too small to be heedful practicallywith the naked eye.Hypothetically speaking, lets say you had a worm and a razor blade. Letsalso hypothesize that this particular worm is two inches long. Now if you wereto shorten this worm exactly in half you should have "two worms" each one inch long.If you then(prenominal) took one of those one inch pieces and cut it in half you wouldthen have two pieces each one fourth of an inch long-I dont really know howmany times you can cut a worm in half before it stops becoming two worms andjust becomes pieces of worm.Theoretically, if you had the right tools, you should be able to continuecutting that worm in half forever. You simply take one of those 1/4 inch pieces,cut it, and then you have a 1/8 inch piece. so you cut it again, and you havea 1/16..1/34..1/68..1/136..etc. And why not? If you placed th is worm (prior tocutting it at all) on a number line and make it covered the distance between 1and 2 (and we all know there are an infinite number of points on a number line)then you should be able to use the worm as a kind of ruler and be able to locatean infinite number of points on it.Okay, so now we know worms are an infinite number of points long.Skyscrapers are also an infinite number of points long. Therefore, worms are astall as skyscrapers.