Tom writes > The difference between a quark and a lepton can be described with > mathematics, even though perhaps it's harder to pin down than the > difference between 3 and 34. I think most of us wouldn't have a > crucial problem with that. But alas the difference between 3 and 34 is > in the counting. Here is the heart of the matter, I believe. It takes > an observer to count, since it takes an observer to decide when to > start counting, or to define a group of things.
Ah ha! So what about numbers so high they haven't been counted yet? Perhaps 10^10^10^10^10 only came into existence after exponentiation had been discovered? And I guess that before humans evolved on Earth, the solar system did not have 8 or 9 planets; after all, there may have been no one in the universe. Or would you say that the solar system did not have 8 or 9 planets unless some distant intelligence in the universe evolved before we did? In that case, did the "existence" of *eight*, say, spread at the speed of light from the point where someone first thought of it? Lee --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
