If nothing is perfect, then zero is the perfect number, right? But what about the lemniscate (infinity)?

Question

Isn't ∞ better than 0 itself, because it has no start and no end?

Answer 1

Who says nothing is perfect?

Perfection is subjective. A person might think whole numbers are all perfect. Some might think pi is perfect.

Better is also subjective, some might think 0 is better than infinity because they might think zero is more simple to understand.

Okay, lets just say your premises are true and "nothing" and "perfection" is objective.

Nothing is perfect.

Zero which describes nothingness is perfect.

Therefore...zero is better than infinity. Or Infinity is better than zero.

You cannot draw those conclusions from the following premises. This fallacy is called non sequitur.

Since it is impossible to draw those following conclusion it depends purely on perspective and feelings.

I do not think you want a logical answer, no?

Answer 2

I think that infinity is perfect, because if flows, it's a cycle, it's forever. Instead zero having no start and no end, it's nothing and i don't think that nothing is perfect, since it doesnt exist. But infinity stands for the flawlessness.  

Answer 3

nothing's perfect. not even nothing..... but infinity definitely isn't because it's so vague

Answer 4

If nothing is perfect, 0 isn't perfect. As for the 0 and ∞, I'm not sure how to judge numbers. ∞ seems cooler, though.

Answer 5

There is only one (1) of everything. Including infinity. So 1 is a pretty good number as well.   Mayhaps that is why puter's talk only in 1's and 0's

Answer 6

That which does not exist is flawless, granted. Infinity will include that flawlessness - and everything else - within itself. Indeed, that flawlessness, that nothing, the symbol 'zero' which represents it, and man who has conceived the symbol are all contained within Infinity, but so are flaws and imperfections. The contained, whatever it is - and everything except that Infinite container itself is contained - has to exist within a container, and it is not possible for anything to exist otherwise.

Now Infinity is certainly existent, but It includes imperfection too. 'Nothing' is perfect but is non-existent - it is non-existence itself, indeed its perfection is possible only BECAUSE it is non-existent. But since it is perfection we are concerned about, the IDEA of perfection, I have 'nothing' to say but that it is reasonable to let zero represent that idea.

Answer 7

Infinity is often visualized as a snake eating it's own tail. This is not the winning combination in my opinion. Neither is nothingness. Because nothing has no way to value perfection and infinity says everything is perfect. ultimately perfection is what we make it.

Answer 8

Well, is perfection perfect if nothing is perfect?

Answer 9

All numbers came from zero...with a "big bang" analogy...Infinity symbol would be applied to zero for zero with all numbers within might have infinity depth