Bob, The concept of "number" is quite abstract, well defined and unrelated to modern or any other kind of physics. Basically, 1+1 is 2 because "1" and "2" are defined that way.
When I said "1+1=10", I meant binary representation. The joke of "large values of 1" is a joke on physicists best, mishka On 2/17/06, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kevin's point is that there is no such thing as objective reality. > The universe is probabilities. It is highly probable that 1 + 1 + > 2 , and for that reason it nearly always does. But there is a very > small probability that 1 + 1 = 3 , and sometimes it does. Equally, > the probability that 1 + 1 = 297 is not 0, but just very small. > There are no absolutes in the universe. > > That is probably the most important point to grasp in trying to > understand modern physics. > > Bob > >
