On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 3:47 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/17/2015 12:38 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Saturday, January 17, 2015, meekerdb <[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? > I think the digit has a definite value (whether calculated or not). > Does pi exist - even though it cannot be calculated? > I don't know if Pi exists, but a program exists that computes successive digits of Pi. > Does the number two exist? > I think so. In so far as it has objective properties which can be studied (as any other object in science). Jason -- 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/d/optout.
