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Re: What are numbers?

Postby DIss0n80r » Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:04 pm

Proxy dust. :whistle:
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Re: What are numbers?

Postby at1with0 » Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:42 pm

hmmm :think:
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Re: What are numbers?

Postby DIss0n80r » Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:51 pm

A pixel of pixies. :D
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Re: What are numbers?

Postby at1with0 » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:52 am

Sounds quantifiable. But just how many pixies can fit in one pixel?
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Re: What are numbers?

Postby DIss0n80r » Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:16 pm

Depends. If a quant is symbolic, then its structure is thoroughly relational, and therefore the "fitting in" is contextual and arbitrary.
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Re: What are numbers?

Postby at1with0 » Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:04 pm

DIss0n80r wrote:Depends. If a quant is symbolic, then its structure is thoroughly relational, and therefore the "fitting in" is contextual and arbitrary.


How many is that? Is it a lot?
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Re: What are numbers?

Postby bionic » Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:01 am

quantifying
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Re: What are numbers?

Postby at1with0 » Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:59 am

:mrgreen:
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Re: What are numbers?

Postby DIss0n80r » Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:40 pm

How many licks does it take to get to the center?
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Re: What are numbers?

Postby at1with0 » Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:44 pm

Something between zero and infinity.
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