{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Josh Mitteldorf","provider_url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/joshmitteldorf","author_name":"Josh Mitteldorf","author_url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/joshmitteldorf\/author\/joshmitteldorf\/","title":"What would it mean to live forever?","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9NJFiaDPiv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/joshmitteldorf\/2012\/12\/26\/what-would-it-mean-to-live-forever\/\">What would it mean to live forever?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/joshmitteldorf\/2012\/12\/26\/what-would-it-mean-to-live-forever\/embed\/#?secret=9NJFiaDPiv\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What would it mean to live forever?&#8221; &#8212; Josh Mitteldorf\" data-secret=\"9NJFiaDPiv\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/joshmitteldorf\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Meditations on \u201cinfinity\u201d\u00a0(with apologies for taking liberties in the Holiday spirit) Les deux infinis\u00a0 Infinity has at least two meanings. We sometimes forget that the word is used very differently in math and in science, and we conflate the two. For the mathematician, infinity is an abstraction with a pure and definite meaning, with some ... Read more","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/12\/mobius_infinity_1.jpg"}