How much does an infinite number of bricks weigh? Less than a pound or more than a pound?
If a brick has any weight then an infinite amount of them weighs infinitely more than a pound.
I agree. The problem I'm having is that you agree. I thought you would of disagreed and that you haven't bothers me.
I will explain why I say that.
Let's say a brick weighs 2 pounds. The idea of a brick (which is something of a completely different nature) for all practical purposes doesn't weigh anything. The idea of a brick weighs about as much as the idea of a mountain. Ideas don't weigh much at all. Bricks, well, they do weigh something, and if you put a bunch of them together, they can get pretty darn heavy.
Ideas and concepts have similarities. There is a difference, but one similarity is how much they weigh. They weigh about the same. Either they weigh nothing or slightly more than nothing, but either way, the idea or concept of 2,000 bricks weighs very (very) little. Contrast that with the weight of 2000 bricks, and oh boy, that's a big difference.
When you talk of infinity (which is something I thought you denied even existed ... and as such, I figured it would weigh nothing or very little at most), you speak of it as being an idea. How in the world are you employing the term which you say can't describe anything in the real world and applying it to things that do? What the hell is an infinite number of bricks in your world? I'm not ranting, just being expressive. I'm as calm as can be.
If there is no such thing as an infinite number of bricks in the real world, then I would expect the weight to be rather small (virtually nonexistent), and if you ping pong it from the world of the physical to the world of the mental, then I'm back to saying the weight (again) is awfully small.
In contrast, there seems to be a part of you that still latches on to the notion that we're moving towards infinity if there should be such a thing: 1 brick, 2 bricks, 3 bricks, 4 ... On and on marching towards infinity, as if it could somehow be out there in the continued direction, but it's in the pursuit of a destiny never for us to clasp at an infinite number of bricks that you retreat and speak of it as being no such thing.
So, which is it? At this point, I don't even care about the truth; I just want to find coherence; actuality can be damned. What are we talking about? I mean, what's the nature of that which is under discussion? When you throw in words like "idea," and yet speak of bricks, I'm going to think you're not talking about bricks but instead the idea of bricks, but on the other hand, if you're talking about something not existing like an infinite number of bricks, then the weight of something as such, even in the real world, is not going to weigh much in my book.
