On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 2:02 PM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
*> Numbers come from relationships upon which objective statements can be > made* > Without matter and the laws of physics there could be no objective statements or statements of any sort because there would be nobody around to make them. > > *For example, I can make and prove a statement about a number with a > million digits. * > You could also say the English language word "cow" has 3 letters, but that is only because it is the cultural convention of a minority of bipedal mammals on a small planet, and the same is true of representing numbers with digits in the language of mathematics. > > *You can build computers and programs out of equations concerning the > arithmetical relationships that exist between numbers. * > But such a "computer" is unable to DO anything because it is unable to change in space or time, for that you need physics, > > *Do we live in a Diophantine equation* > No. 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
