The truth is, you can make anything last forever.
There are two ways to do this.
You went to Harvard, Sarah, so you probably know.
The first way is - duh - infinity.
I mean, if something doesn't start and something doesn't end, well then logically it has to last forever.
But infinity isn't really fun.
Well, I mean, it is. But only when you start trying to divide by it, or when you use it to prove derivatives, or whatever. It's not really that fun in making things last forever, because - honestly - who wants something that lasts forever to actually go on forever. Psh. Boring.
We've been doing this back and forth thing for infinity, Sarah.
I don't know what I'm saying. I'm kind of drunk. Morgan's kind of tied up. In an infinity of video game cables. Alright. I'm done with infinity. I promise. Forever.
The second way to make things last forever is through Zeno's dichotomy paradox.
You ever hear of this?
You went to Harvard, Sarah, so you probably have.
The best way to think about Zeno's dichotomy paradox is to think of a dude shooting an arrow.
Let's say this guy shoots his arrow towards a target. Now, okay, for that arrow to reach the target, first it needs to get halfway there, right?. But to get to that halfway point, it needs to get halfway there. And to get to that point, it needs to travel halfway again.
See, those halfway points, they don't stop.
Theoretically, that arrow will be moving through halfway points forever. (Oh, hey, we're back to infinity! Okay, okay, moving on.)
Now, okay, bear with me, there's a reason I bring this up.
Think about a sound wave for a second.
Humor me.
A sound wave, it vibrates the molecules in the air. Then those molecules vibrate the molecules next to them, and then those molecules vibrate the molecules next to them. Now, okay, none of this is actually heard as a sound until those moving molecules are in your ear drum and they start vibrating the bones of your inner ear. Then, your brain interprets the vibrations of those molecules into different kinds of sounds.
You went to Harvard, Sarah, so you probably knew that.
You're leaving for D.C. with Shaw, but you probably knew that, too.
But let's combine these two ideas, okay? Let's think about sound waves and Zeno's dichotomy for a second.
Those sound waves, the vibrations they cause lessen as they travel over a distance. So, think about it. For the vibrations to stop, first they have to lessen in intensity halfway. Then, to get to that point, they have to lessen halfway to that. Then halfway to that. And then so on.
My point in all of this, Sarah, is that I told you that I love you.
And that?
Theoretically, at least.
That statement will last forever.
Strain your ears for a second.
Hear it?
