Almost everyone can probably remember the first time they encountered the concept of infinity. At first it seems like an absurd idea. How can anything possibly go on forever? As a young child you learn virtually everything through tangible experiences. So when confronted by something as abstract as infinity most children will think that it simply cannot exist. After all, you cannot see or touch infinity (nor smell or taste it for that matter!) How is a young child supposed to understand something that they can’t sense? With this said, a lot of adults also encounter this bewilderment.
One of these adults is my dad. As soon as infinity is mentioned he becomes a vehement atheist, in terms of infinity. “How can something go on forever? Infinity is just a big cheat!” he can be heard saying in dismay. These sorts of thoughts don’t really cross the minds of children, but that doesn’t stop them from using infinity in their arguments. A frequently heard phrase at my first school was “I’ve got infinity of them”. This would always appear when two kids would be having a disagreement about who had more Pokemon cards or something equally pointless! Any mention of infinity was almost always then followed by someone saying “I’ve got infinity plus 1” or something along those lines.