not actually true, mathematically. infinity does not mean "unlimited", it means a number "beyond comprehension or expression", there is such a thing as one infinity being larger than another, in this case, the dividend is a smaller infinity, unless the number of inhabited planets is incomprehensibly small, which of course has not yet been determined.=20 for many people, 1 million is infinity, 1 billion is a larger infinity.=20 how many orders of magnitude can you comprehend, or comprehend at least well enough to do operations on that produce real numbers as results? Falcon Wireless Tech Support - KF4HAZ wrote: >=20 > The average population of all the planets is Zero. > Since there are an infinite number of planets, > and only a finite number of them are populated, > Any number divided by infinity is zero. >=20 > KF4HAZ - Lonnie ------- --=20 Philip Stortz--"In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.=20 Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.=20 Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.=20 Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.=20 Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up." -- Martin Niem=F6ller, 1892-1984 (German Lutheran Pastor), on the Nazi Holocaust, Congressional Record 14th October 1968 p31636. _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist