On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 6:51 AM, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> So one of them is true, but can you (or anyone in this universe) prove: > > 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 ? > > >If you answer no to all 10 of those questions, then none of those > statements is provable by any entity operating within this universe, yet we > know one of the statements is true. > Do we know that? Do we know that such a digit exists? If mathematics is more fundamental then it does, if physics is more fundamental then it does not. > So Pi is a mathematical object with properties that don't depend on the > physical existence of conceptions/proofs realized by entities or processes > operating physically. > Existence is a property and the existence of that digit may depend on physical processes, or it might not, we don't know. > It follows then that if these properties don't depend on physical > processes of this universe > All you're doing is asserting what you're trying to prove. John K Clark -- 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.
