In the discussion about the cosmological argument there is the story about an old man who stands in the forest and who counts numbers backwards. You hear him say: "Five, four, three, two, one. Hooray, I am done. I have counted them all." You ask him what he has been counting and he replies that he has counted all of the natural number backwards. You ask him when he started this counting, and the old man replies. "You fool. There are infinitely many natural numbers so of course I never started."
This story is supposed to illustrate what?
Select one:
a. The story is supposed to illustrate that the universe is infinitely old.
b. The story is supposed to illustrate that the idea of an actual existing infinite series is incoherent.
c. The story is supposed to illustrate that the existence of the universe has no explanation.
d. The story is supposed to illustrate that there is no evidence that the universe is infinitely old.