On 1/17/2015 12:38 PM, Jason Resch wrote:
On Saturday, January 17, 2015, meekerdb <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> On 1/17/2015 2:29 AM, Jason Resch wrote:
>
> Do you believe the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of Pi has a certain definite
value, which is either 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9?
> If so, would you still believe this if you knew that this number is too difficult to
ever compute by anyone in this universe?
> Does this not point to a discontinuity between mathematical truth and conceivably of
that truth by us limited creatures with limited minds in a limited universe? Perhaps it
does take faith to believe that digit takes a certain value between 0 and 9, but it's
easier for me to accept that on faith than the converse (that it is not any one of those
digits).
>
> That supports my contention that mystics insist on making up answers even about things
that are defined as unknowable. How do you feel about, "That's a meaningless question."
>
I don't like it because it's theoretically answerable, just not accessible to us. Was
the question what are stars meaningless to the cave men who had no hope of solving it in
their time? No, it at least provided an impetus to keep searching.
The trillionth digit of pi didn't miraculously only come into existence when computers
capable of determining it were invented.
Does it exists even when calculated? Does pi exist - even though it cannot be
calculated? Does the number two exist?
Brent
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