Liz: subatomic physics does not indicate anything. We created the figment *physics* by our misunderstanding of partial phenomena into our temporary state of mental inventory we had at the approriate time. Macro, atomic, subatomic whatever.
JM On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 8:09 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1 March 2014 11:58, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2/28/2014 2:32 PM, LizR 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. >>> >> >> Or it comes from our conceptualizing the world as consisting of distinct >> objects and counting them, c.f. William S. Cooper "The Origin of Reason" >> and Lakoff and Nunez "Where Mathematics Comes From". >> > > It isn't just us. Subatomic physics indicates that the world consists of > distinct objects, and keeps track of the number of them. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
