Monday
January 30, 2017

Dear Calhoun25,

First, please allow me to thank you for taking the time to respond to my post, and so may times, too! Seriously, one of the most difficult things about being in prison is the complete isolation from society, being cut off from all your family and friends, being a part of what's going on, etc. The loneliness get to be so overwhelming that you're literally hoping to hear from anyone, friend of enemy, even a bill collector, so your responses are always welcome and even looked forward to, whether you want to continue sending leaving them here, or send them to me at the address listed below.

With that said, not only did you present me with a lot to think about, you did so in a way that was remarkably easy to understand both of which I'm grateful for. Still, the idea of a never ending universe, or even one that has a definite beginning and an end, is still difficult, if not impossible, to grasp. For every question answered, it seems that there are three more that pop up wich is, I suspect, the same problem scientists around the world have been having since the dawn of time.

Speaking of which, there's another thing that was neither a beginning, nor an end. Tell me, if time is "infinite," then why is it that we never seem to have enough of it?

I think that a large part of the problem is how, as humans, we learn. As infants, we see something, we pick up and begin exploring it, usually with our mouths. Whatever we're using to examine our new-found objects, keys, pacifier, electrical outlet, we can see a physical beginning and a physical end, a definite starting point and stopping point. As we get older, we apply these lessons elsewhere, even if to the consternation of those who supposedly "know better." So, it's no surprise that people have a difficult time grasping the infinite nature of the universe, while at the same time, not being able to understand how it would have a starting and ending point. In fact, it wasn't that long ago that people couldn't grasp the concept of the world being anything other then flat. It wasn't until some remarkably brave souls set out to see for themselves, during which time they discovered that, not only was the world not flat, but it had a definite beginning and end, although some would argue that anything circular has no beginning or end.