[SpookG]

And actually, he is absolutely right.

There is a set of numbers known as Natural numbers, which is only positive. Counting and Whole numbers are a part of this set, if i remember correctly. They have this set to reflect the reality that negativity doesn't really exist in a realistic sense, but only relative to something else.

For example, repulsion is shown as negative to the force of attraction, but if you used repulsion as the positive, then attraction would be negative in order to balance the equation.

So really, there is no real negative, but since they have opposite effects on each other, to represent it mathematically you have one be negative and one be positive.

I don't think owing someone money is a good example... The meaning behind it is you owe someone money, not that you have negative money. There is a difference in the meanings, one being the income you recieve has to go out to pay off debt, the other is having money which doesn't exist. It isn't a pure math term, it is a banking term.

so no one misinterprets... I am not advocating getting rid of math, because math does exist, just so much as the English language exists. Suggesting that math is inherently flawed and illogical is just a stupid and uninformed venture. I find that you misunderstanding of the language of math needing some explanation, and hoped to have cleared it up a bit more than previous posters.