On 1 March 2014 14:36, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday, February 28, 2014 5:32:48 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: >> >> "If it's all math, then where does math come from?" >> >> Strange to say, elementary maths just appears to be a fact. That is, it >> is a fact that 1+1=2. >> >> These shapes appear to be letters and words also, but they aren't. All it >> takes is a small chemical change in your brain and 1+1 could = mustard. >> Even in a completely normative state of mind, 1+1 = 2 doesn't apply to >> everything. >> > If it's a fact, it's irrelevant whether my brain thinks it's mustard.
> Once cloud plus one cloud equals one large cloud, or maybe one raining >> cloud. Math is about a very specific >> > Please don't come out with the cloud example, I've heard that so many times but it's never become any more relevant. Surely you know I'm talking about the abstract concepts? > aspect of sense - the sense which objects make when we count them. That >> sense is abstracted into a language which extends it beyond literal objects >> to virtual objects, but no matter what you do with math, it has no >> subjective interior. It's about doing and knowing that is desired by what >> which is already feeling and being. Doing and knowing by itself, if such a >> thing could exist, would be information, but it could never feel or be >> anything. >> > Well, that's me told. Next time I want to make a point with you is it OK if I quote "I am the Walrus" ? -- 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.
