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On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 8:27:49 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 6:48 PM Philip Thrift <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > To a mathematical ultrafinitist [ >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrafinitism ], the standard calculus is >> wrong. > > > Then I don't want to ever cross a bridge or fly in a airplane that was > designed by a engineer that is a ultrafinitist. > > John k Clark > > > >> Engineers today are ultrafintiitists in practice: They design airplanes and bridges with computer software that runs on computers with a fixed, finite number of bits that are ever used. - pt -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
