[quote=@DarkwolfX37] 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. [/quote] You keep referencing the "Infinty Problem" without explaining exactly what it is. It isn't known in spacetime theory, at least not by that name. Still, an infinity Existence becomes problematic because it would require infinite matter and energy, which would also make it boundless. That brings up another set of issues, and there's no real reason to consider it infinite. A finite Existence fits into calculations much better without a lot of the issues an infinite land brings up. The problem with 25% = 50% is rationalized by the idea that a quarter of endless is endless and half of endless is still endless, so if there are two enldlesses that fit into one endless space, one half of them must be one and one half the other. However, infinity is a set and not a value, and sets break simple algebra. If every fourth element of the set is 3 and the rest are 2, no matter how far along the set you go, the ratio will remain 3:1. It doesn't become 1:1 at any point just because it is infinite; they remain in a ratio regardless of the size of the set. Numbers are a pure concept; that's why they make most scenarios totally impossible. I understand that you're saying it's totally restructured, but even in a restructure, it must follow certain mathematical principles to avoid collapse. Virtually every scenario beyond ours leads to total destruction, with few exceptions. Parallel Source dimensions can be explained the same way differing Source dimensions can. The Nobility System did have a filter; most of the time, filters are passive rather than actively created and enforced by the System owners. He could, but it's also really really hard to determine all of the balls that are spinning the wrong direction, especially when mixed in with other ones that aren't. The idea isn't that Ma'at can't differentiate them, but it's intended to use up all of her concentration, just like it would for the shipper, trying to notice all of the balls moving in the wrong direction. It would also be super easy to end up confusing the two directions when seeing them side by side enough, regardless of how well they know them.