Infinity

[ Among other surprising and lovely stories, Savas Dimopoulos recalls that when he was a child, his mother described to him a Biblical paradise, a place that “never ends.” Rather than feeling soothed, he says he was terrified: “I started panicking, I started crying.” Though his mother reassured him that it would be beautiful, he says, “This idea of eternity, something infinite, scared me.” ]

i recall that when i was about six i asked my mother what infinity is, and she couldn't answer me, and then i went crying in bed.

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