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Basically what you said - Adam's statement is based on the assumption that if you take a set of an infinite set of numbers, you end up...

Even numbers, yes. There are an infinite number of even numbers too. There are also an infinite number of prime numbers.

Doesn't that go for even numbers as well? Or any number?

I heard he did read some physics to prepare for the writing, then basically threw the concepts together in a way that doesn't make any...

It doesn't require infinities for the average population the universe to be zero. It just depends on now much precision you want...

Technically, infinity is not a number. The rules of arithmetic (addition/subtraction and multiplication/division) apply to numbers...

Oh, I see. That's actually fascinating. But I'm failing to understand how that connects to this:

What about the 2 sentences before the part you bolded: "However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite...

I was going over this a few times as well. If the amount of worlds is infinite, but not every one of them is inhabited, then the number...

I'm not. I just enjoy trying to answer questions from a science-fiction book, that's all. That's a good point. That would be the lore...

Can't believe that didn't occur to me. Thanks!

Beginner math person here. I was reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy when I ran into this: ''It is known that there are an...

In my experience everything @DEvens told us in Post #19 is oft-neglected essential advice. Employers are looking for people who know how...

Thank you for this advice. I actually find the communication and styles of communication one of the most interesting things I've learned...

Build a Dobsonian telescope!