series by successive addition. I can explain what I mean by using an example. Think about this question. Why is it impossible to count to infinity? The reason is not that we will die before we reach the end. It is that no matter how many numbers we count (even if we count by tens) we will always be at some finite number and will always have an infinitely many more numbers to go. An infinite series cannot be completed one at a time. The past is a complete series. Furthermore, it was completed by successive
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