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			Science, it seems enjoys the act of forgetting about the infinite. The idea of an infinitely large (or small) value seems to be lost on the ignorant, unimaginative minds that we call our intellectuals. And yet the supposed properties of infinite are very prevalent and necessary in several branches of mathematics. In case you do not know, a number divided by infinity results in an infinitely small number, which is equal to zero. The Greek philosopher Xeno found some very interesting things concerning infinite. He purposed that in order to travel from point A to point Z, you would have to pass midpoint B (the point exactly between A and Z). Then, to go from points B to Z you would have to pass midpoint C. To go from points C to Z, you would have to pass midpoint D, and so on and so on. Xeno purposed that to go from point A to point Z, you would have to pass an infinite number of midpoints. Therefore, to travel anywhere, you would have to pass an infinite number of midpoints in a finite amount of time, which is impossible. Thus, Xeno proved that it is mathematically impossible to go anywhere. This, incidentally, is why I mentioned it in my Rules for the Real World article. Douglas Adams once wrote a little piece on the concept of infinity in the Hitchhiker�fs Guide to the Galaxy. He wrote that there are an infinite number of planets in the universe. However, there can only be a finite number of inhabited planets, so if one were to take a percentage value of inhabited planets one would once again get a finite number divided by an infinite number, which would mathematically produce a value of zero. Thus, the population of the universe is ZERO and any people that you actually meet are simply the figment of a twisted imagination!