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If it's not finite then it's not a number. If something keeps going on forever without terminating, then it is simply the output of a non-ending function. 1) So familiar rationals like 1/3 and 1/7 are not numbers? Is that the position you're taking? So if we are in math class and we are learning to...

Now, I know what you may be thinking "Did he fire six shots, or only five?" , what about "numbers" that are irrational numbers like pi that go on infinitely? I am not listing the infinities! How about familiar rational numbers like 1/3 = .3333... or 1/7 = .142857142857...? Are t...

I loved that post of yours. Smartest thing I've seen in years in discussion forums. Thanks so much. I made some final edits after you posted, last para in particular. I'm done now. Your story about The Killing Fields reminded me of the time decades ago when my college friends took me to see some In...

Mathematics is not the path of Truth, but of delusion https://youtu.be/YU1_FKx_XH0 I thought I'd take a run at watching your video. In the very first second you pick your left ear with your left index finger. This gesture seems to evoke the ancient source of mathematics, namely pointing. When you p...

So much was their attraction to Rāma that they wished to become females and embrace Rāma. But remember, the sages only wished to embrace Rāma. They did not wish to have sex with Rāma. So they were just teases? How did Rāma feel about being left high and dry by these so-called sages? Not even a hand...

dattaswami wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 3:25 pm https://youtu.be/B_e-UEUbnBk

It's a hyperbolic cosine.

https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HyperbolicCosine.html

I don't think that has to be the case. 'Emergence' CAN be used that way, it CAN be used in a very hand-wavy way that is basically indistinguishable from calling something 'magic', Ok, then at the very least I'm pushing back on this type of usage. but there's nothing tying the word to a lack of unde...

You're working overtime No, I posted this during my normal day shift. to negate something that is self-evident. I didn't negate anything, I pointed out that the concept of emergence is either trivial or explains nothing. When something new arises out of the sum of the parts yet it is not a quality ...

With emergence, the property of the system is greater than the sum of its parts, in that something new arises, which belongs to no part in and of itself. Yes but isn't that either (a) trivial, or (b) a cop out? For example if I make a fist with my fingers, you can't see any fist-ness in my fingers....

So, it is important that the soul remembers this point and does not go back to committing sins, thinking that the file of its deeds has been totally destroyed! You entirely ignored my point about the ants. You said it's ok to kill ants if you don't look down to notice them. By that logic I can run ...

When you are walking on the road, an ant dies accidentally under your feet and this does not come under the cycle of deeds and fruits (Karma Chakra) because there is no intention in you to kill the ant. That is a very interesting remark. I seem to remember that followers of a certain Indian religio...

Notice how basically all religions are deeply misogynistic? No, actually. I am no expert on this subject, but I believe you are factually incorrect on this point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matriarchal_religion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosuo_women https://slife.org/matriarchal-religion/ htt...

Skepdick wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:39 pm 3 is not any kind of number, moron.

What is wrong with you? Were you raised in barn? Do you have Tourette syndrome? It's distasteful and unpleasant to engage in conversation with you. Are you like this in real life? Good luck to you.

No, it isn't. I meant precisely what I said given the model of computation in have in mind. As usual, you don't know any math and falsely believe you can apply programming paradigms where they don't apply. And what you have "in mind" is rarely what the subject of the discussion thread is ...

And... by the way. Here's another way to do what you are doing... divide n by 2 and record the result. If the result is a Real number then n is odd. Oh my. False as false can be. Counterexample: Is 6 even? Divide it by 2 and we get 3. Is 3 a real number? Yes. Therefore 6 must be odd. Ooops! Of cour...