Hi meekerdb -- I go with the dictionary: ab穝tract/ab'strakt/Adjective:Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
con穋rete/k鋘'kret/Adjective:Existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract. Roger , rclo...@verizon.net 8/18/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so everything could function." ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-17, 14:38:08 Subject: Re: The difference betrween abstract and concrete On 8/17/2012 8:30 AM, Roger wrote: Hi Jason Resch One -- especially a computer -- cannot experience abstractions. One (ie only living entities) can only experience the concrete. Except physics tells us that concrete is mostly empty space and a ray in an enormous Hilbert space. Brent Riddle: What's has four legs, fur, meows and is made of concrete? Answer: A cat. I just threw in the concrete to make it hard. ab穝tract adjective 1. thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea. Roger , rclo...@verizon.net 8/17/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so everything could function." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
