On 26 Jul 2010, at 18:22, Brent Meeker wrote:
On 7/26/2010 6:24 AM, Brian Tenneson wrote:
Does this mean that sets of numbers are inventions or just
particular numbers are inventions?
If the latter, then there must be a largest number which is, to me,
counterintuitive.
Numbers existed b
On 7/26/2010 6:24 AM, Brian Tenneson wrote:
Does this mean that sets of numbers are inventions or just particular
numbers are inventions?
If the latter, then there must be a largest number which is, to me,
counterintuitive.
Numbers existed before 10,000 years ago when they were first
understo
Brian:
it is not so simple. Not that some chap sat down 10,000 years ago and said
"I just invented the numbers" let's say: from 1 to 1 zillion, - the process
is a long development parallel with brain, bodily and life-style evolution.
The date - I think - refers to "numbering" amounts with a gradual
Does this mean that sets of numbers are inventions or just particular
numbers are inventions?
If the latter, then there must be a largest number which is, to me,
counterintuitive.
Numbers existed before 10,000 years ago when they were first understood
by humans to some extent. There was a spe
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