On 2 May 2014 04:42, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Friday, April 18, 2014 3:23:13 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 16 Apr 2014, at 20:10, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >> What generates Platonia? >> >> >> >> Nothing generates Platonia, although addition and multiplication can >> generate the comp-relevant part of platonia, that is the UD or equivalent. >> >> Elementary arithmetic cannot be justified by anything less complex (in >> Turing or logical sense). It is the minimum that we have to assume to start. >> > > Saying that elementary arithmetic is the minimum that we have to start > doesn't make sense to me. Elementary arithmetic depends on many less > complex expectations of sequence, identity, position, motivation, etc. I > keep repeating this but I don't think that you are willing to consider it > scientifically. >
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