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Article #353345Re: Lightspeed constant... <--off topic on an off topic thread.
From: tyr...
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 00:00
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> > > It has been proven. It was a theory when Einstein first came up with > > > it. It was then proven. If you wish to find out what some of the > > > proofs are, then just post something else stupid, and I'll respond > > > again. > > > > Oh? Can you prove it? I can prove 2 = 3 via > > > > assume x = y, > > then 2(x-y)=3(x-y), > > divide through by (x-y), > > thus 2=3 > > > > We KNOW that's false because, by definition, dividing by 0 (or x-y in > > the example) is undefined. You really can't prove anything, since any > > proof can contain faulty reasoning or may be based on flawed > > assumptions, not to mention exceptions to the rule, like classical > > physics in subatomic situations. > > > > -JAmes > > > If there is an exeption, it CANNOT be called a proof. A proof cannot > contain any faulty reasoning as you said. For what you said to be a > proof it would have to also have 'for x-y not equal to 0'. What if an exception isn't known, as in Einstien's theories of relativity? Can we ASSUME that there aren't no exceptions? REAL proofs don't exist.
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