05-12-2009, 01:33 PM
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Snek

Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Kansas
Age: 35
Posts: 9,195
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Re: 1 + 1 = Invalid: cannot add distinct objects
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Originally Posted by VulcanRevenge
Izzy probably hit it right on the head however, "1+1=2 simply because that's how we developed the mathematical system. We declared that it did by defining what 1 is." That's a large part of what I'm trying to say, that our mathematical system is a human creation based on something that doesn't necessarily entirely and accurately exist in the real world. There are many people who don't realize that, and I guess that's what my post is, it's a mind-opener rather than a debate topic, but apparently there are still things to debate here. (And no this is no copy paste trash, this is my original post that is no where else on the internet).
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Glad to see you came back.
I remember awhile back I created a thread about time and how I didn't think it existed. I argued my point for awhile, but I don't believe anyone really understood what i was getting at. This is the same thing though. Time and even the first three dimensions are just concepts that we created and defined. They don't really exist since we made them to be used to solve problems that are probably also entirely artificial. Just have to accept that everyone is probably wrong about everything.
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