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April 9, 2009
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"This statement in the metalanguage is unprovable in the metalanguage."
"it is easy to grow crazy"
September 19, 2009
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Christopher Langan's reasoning for the set of all sets paradox only works if there is a largest finite number... :think:
http://mathforum.org/library/d.....68592.html
But whatever large finite number that can be computed, you can always add + 1 :ugeek:
April 9, 2009
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Right, every natural number has a successor...
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April 20, 2011
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Circles are abstract representations of observable phenomena.
"I can conceive of nothing in religion, science, or philosophy, that is anything more than the proper thing to wear, for a while." ~ Charles Fort
April 20, 2011
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"at1with0" wrote: Right, every natural number has a successor...
Do derivative numbers exist?
"I can conceive of nothing in religion, science, or philosophy, that is anything more than the proper thing to wear, for a while." ~ Charles Fort
April 9, 2009
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Call me crazy but I think all numbers have equal ontological primacy.
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April 20, 2011
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Doesn't that imply reality is innately multiplicitous in forms/functions?
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April 9, 2009
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I don't know if this answers your questions but numbers still exist (or don't exist) regardless of whether or not there are things to count.
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April 9, 2009
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Just posted this in the song thread but
thought :think: maybe it should go here
as well. Dreamer usually cuts me slack
but if it doesn't apply, I'll delete it. š
September 19, 2009
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"at1with0" wrote: I don't know if this answers your questions but numbers still exist (or don't exist) regardless of whether or not there are things to count.
If there are things to count then numbers must exist.
Any discernible difference between "things" is a number.
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