[quote=@Webmaster] Yes. That's not an inverse correlation; it's not a gas law. If we define energy to be E, pressure to be P, and volume to be V, while enthalpy is T, T = E + P*V. Accelerator can manipulate any one of those values to impact enthalpy. I thought we had agreed that the number of dimensions was finite. Either way, infinity theory is complex and mathematicians don't agree how to accurately represent numbers in a set that includes everything. But I would be willing to argue against this because set theory provides evidence against it. If we use a generic particular w, to represent a concept that is in 25% of dimensions and T as the total number (generic total, so this can extend to infinity) of dimensions, w = .25*T. While unending, the ratio is still the same and your probability of finding a w dimension remains 25%, even on an infinite scale, because they remain a set, even though unending. We can't just add +X to everything because not all equations hold true under addition. It breaks under the simple math of x/y. x/y != (x+1)/(y+1). Every single formula that calculates a value would have to be rebalanced and reformulated, leading to another formula requiring reworking, leading to another. The universe has very specific values because it would fall apart otherwise. The "This is beyond imagining" argument is circular and invalid. If it cannot be logically explained under any circumstances, it is not possible. Mathematically possible in a finite Existence. There's no real reason for it to be infinite, and it only complicates things. Dynamo didn't destroy the System; there is always a System by default. He replaced the Nobility System with the Ancient System. That they were in flux was never particularly established canon. Maybe headcanon, but it was absolutely never said. Let's say that you live in a ball factory. All red balls always spun clockwise, all purple ones counterclockwise, all green ones up and down, all blue ones not at all, and all striped ones moved in a circle. But your job at the factory isn't to monitor the balls, but rather to ship them. You probably wouldn't notice a small subset of balls moving in opposite directions because there are so many and you'd be desensitized to noticing their movement at all. That purple balls spin counterclockwise is an established fact that you wouldn't really need to check. [/quote] Mm. Fair enough. That was never agreed on, you just sort of went with it. I never corrected it IC because it would be pointless and isn't really important in anything other than statistics. You could say that there's a finite number of, for example, universes with the color orange in them, but it still becomes infinity on a technical level because of the infinity problem. So it's sort of both? And with duplicates and everything, it is theoretically possible to, if outside of any form or similar concept to time, to calculate the number over an infinite span and reach a finite number. But since that can't be done... See, this is why I never brought it up IC. My characters are smarter than me so they should be able to explain this but I'm terrible at it. Your example is basically exactly what I was trying to go for, except because I was using a static infinity it would be that 25% = 50% because it is simultaneously 100% and 0%. Except you're still talking about conceptual reality. Numbers are a pure concept, they don't apply to actualized reality. They're just a concept we use to conceptualize actualized things so we can better understand them, because we are built to work through concepts rather than actualities. I know there's a better example out there but think of it like object-oriented programming versus other types. I'm not saying it can't be explained under any circumstances. I'm saying that the circumstances can't be met. Just because they can't be met for us doesn't mean they can't be met for something entirely different than us. "No reason." Infinity is the only way to explain parallel Source dimensions and to account for every Source with its own nearly infinite number of Paths. It doesn't needlessly complicate things any more than "nearly infinite" does. If anything, it simplifies things because it can explain things that otherwise cannot be explained. The "Ancient System" is completely unknown and came about in an unknown period that can't even be located to begin the process of finding out how it came about. All we know is that it was some time after the second generation of Codex were wiped out and some time before the Nobles showed up. We don't even have confirmation that it works remotely similarly to how the Tier System worked, and as far as I know, the Noble System didn't have a clean up action like the Tier System did. I think it was said at one point, but I don't know for sure. Also keep in mind that I'm not referring to Blake's "outside of Existence" thing, just when someone destroys a dimension and is left in the "space" it "occupied." True, but that's not quite accurate. If the balls are moving while being shipped, and the shipper was sensitive to movement to a degree that if they put any effort in, they could determine the movement of a ball or group of balls while being shipped, that would be more accurate. Yes, she's desensitized to it, but in the way that you and I are desensitized to the english alphabet. I imagine that Seth is desensitized to the working of enthalpy in a similar way.