On 18 January 2015 at 18:27, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Do you believe that *one and only one* of the following statements is
>>> true?
>>>
>>
> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 0
> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 1
> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 2
> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 3
> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 4
> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 5
> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 6
> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 7
> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 8
> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 9
>
> Either you answer yes, or no to that question. If you answer yes, I don't
> see how you can escape mathematical realism.
>
> Nicely put. I may have to quote that whenever someone starts saying maths
is something we made up, it's more convincing that 2+2 somehow.

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