On Friday, December 20, 2013 5:26:15 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 20 Dec 2013, at 02:15, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > If it's all just math, what is the unexpected surprise that makes it > funny? Is math surprised that its math? > > > It is of course only surprising for those deluded (assuming comp) into > thinking that there is some primitive non mathematical reality, like the > aristotelian theologian, who believe in a non mathematical primitively > physical universe. > > The real surprise, in the arithmetic internal views, is the existence of > the universe (not the fact that it is not a primitive). > > The absence of X, if proved, would surprise the believers in X, in a same > way. > > "Surprised" is prejudice dependent. >
But in the comic, the character who makes the joke is not supposed to be deluded. It's not that believers in X are surprised, its a depiction of how the consequences of the absence of X seem surprisingly absurd to believers and non-believers alike. Craig > > Bruno > > > > > > On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 2:07:47 AM UTC-5, Brent wrote: >> >> http://abstrusegoose.com/544 >> >> Brent >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
