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Ithink that if you have an infinite amount of material, you actually have none of it. I interpret this as you having imaginary material.

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  • yes, infinity and zero are not the same (infinity is way more uncomprehendable and profitable than zero!;) But I agree, that "in infinite time"(which we're not at) they must be "very close"! maybe infinity=0, maybe infinity+1=0, maybe infinty + 1 planck-time=0 ...;) (who cares? in infinity!?;)
    – xerx593
    Commented Jan 13 at 11:34
  • but for an idea like "having infinite material" you need biiiiiig hands/pockets/reservoirs...../tentacles(?;)
    – xerx593
    Commented Jan 13 at 11:41
  • ..and if you don't need tentacles, why would you assume (looking at the night sky) that "you (right now) don't have infinite material"!??
    – xerx593
    Commented Jan 13 at 11:48
  • Infinity is not a static number its a concept. An operation can approach infinity but not equal infinity because Infinity + 1 = Infinity. Mathematicians agree that zero is a number.
    – Idiosyncratic Soul
    Commented Jan 13 at 18:44
  • In between there may be only a wonderful veil...
    – Double Knot
    Commented Jan 13 at 23:11

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No. Generally speaking, infinity and zero are not the same, and it is unhelpful to mix them up. What you might argue is that it is impossible to have an infinite amount of material (as far as we know), so if someone believes they have it, they must be imagining it.

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