math itself exists naturally, we just created the terms to describe it. |
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I was just thinking about natural things and thought of this. |
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Lolwut.
I agree. |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
It's a very good question. I don't know. |
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Last edited by Xei; 01-22-2010 at 03:01 AM.
I can't say I understand the point about R, but I will look into it more. I also have major doubts about the rejection of Euclidian geometry's application to real space, as you and I have talked about a lot. For now, I will just ask you this... Why didn't they just make pi = 1? |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
I think it is both natural and man made. It occurs naturally and man makes observations and finds patterns. |
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157 is a prime number. The next prime is 163 and the previous prime is 151, which with 157 form a sexy prime triplet. Taking the arithmetic mean of those primes yields 157, thus it is a balanced prime.
Women and rhythm section first - Jaco Pastorious
Best answer. |
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Any time you take the circumfrence of a circle and divide by its radius, you get pi. This holds true at every point (save for a few very extreme exceptions) in the universe. It is universal, but also man-made. We have our own terms to describe it. Pi on a base-10 number system is different in value from pi on a base-11 number system, for example. However, when converted to the other number system, they are identical. So yes, math is universal, 2+2 will always equal four at every point in the universe (except for rare exceptions), and even if extraterrestrial lifeforms have developed their own math system, it still renders the same results we get. |
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My thoughts... |
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One large tautology? |
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That still doesn't answer my question. Why didn't they make pi = 1? |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
I answered your question exactly. 1 is not the result of the iterative formula I gave; a formula which is a direct consequence of Euclidian axioms. |
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Art
The ability to happily respond to any adversity is the divine.
Dream Journal Shaman Apprentice Chronicles
No that would be you making stuff up. |
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Art
The ability to happily respond to any adversity is the divine.
Dream Journal Shaman Apprentice Chronicles
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April Ryan is my friend,
Every sorrow she can mend.
When i visit her dark realm,
Does it simply overwhelm.
... which can't just be changed. They have to fit reality. |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
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I gotta say Xei, your perpetually severe and humorless attitude saddens me sometimes. Especially in this case, since the particular reason why I ended up posting such a non-contributing joke as my response to this thread is because I've tried many times to argue the point that you are making but have never had the full breadth of knowledge to do it as well as you have been here. I'm not sure if you're A. Cooper picture was a continuance of this attitude or an attempt at humor or what but sometimes I wish you and I didn't disagree on so many things so that you would be a little more receptive towards me when we actually do agree. |
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Art
The ability to happily respond to any adversity is the divine.
Dream Journal Shaman Apprentice Chronicles
I don't mean to come across as humourless and I'm not a humourless person IRL. But I do come here to talk philosophy and learn from others. There's a difference between when I'm posting a purely logical philosophical argument and when I'm actually 'speaking' if you understand me. |
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