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Article #632768Re: Colors of Infinity
From: cjp... Jim Sarbeck
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 00:00
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In article <339f4...@proxy.gist.net.au>, yor...@gist.net.au (J. Morales) wrote: : bill_h <bil...@azstarnet.com> wrote: : : >Wolfgang Schwanke wrote: : >> Mathematics is a made up set of rules. Made up by humans. : >> It's not intrinsic to the universe. : : >sorry but your completely wrong there. : : >the ratio of the diameter of a circle to it's circumference doesn't : >depend on what sort of symbol you use for pi (or for D) to cite one : >example. Yes, but is it a contingent relationship? Contingent upon the (human) choice of geometry, or 'rules'? Some results are contingent in this sense, e.g., results concerning the meeting of parallel lines. I don't have the answer, just the question. Regards, Jim Sarbeck *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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From: cjp...@batnet.com (Jim Sarbeck) Subject: Re: Colors of Infinity Date: 1997/06/12 Message-ID: <cjplace-1106971851010001@smpop05.batnet.com> X-Deja-AN: 247767224 References: <5n80rs$c8$1@brokaw.wa.com> <5naqs1$5of$3@brownfox.svs.com> <5nf4qm$p4t$1@unlisys.unlisys.net> <339E4DD9.1FFD@azstarnet.com> <339f473f.0@proxy.gist.net.au> Organization: Wombat Internet Guild Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa,alt.pagan,sci.skeptic,sci.math,comp.misc,sci.physics,alt.folklore.science,alt.folklore.computers,talk.religion.misc,talk.philosophy.misc,alt.atheism,alt.christnet,seattle.general MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit