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In reply to the discussion: What are numbers? [View all]

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,580 posts)
5. Smokey had the idea
Sat May 25, 2013, 07:55 AM
May 2013

" One thing I know for sure
is really really real
I never felt before
the way you make me feel"

What are numbers? [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 OP
The human need to make human concepts a reality is pretty interesting. rrneck May 2013 #1
IMHO... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #2
Quotations discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #6
The only things that are really real ismnotwasm May 2013 #3
Smokey had the idea discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #5
Heh! ismnotwasm May 2013 #10
Math is a complex and universal language in order that we can communicate as precisely Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #4
That and more :) discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #7
Math is a human trying to measure the distance of God. Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #8
Does anyone know... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #9
Still there; Turns into a particle of course ismnotwasm May 2013 #11
Maybe... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #12
Oh my God ismnotwasm May 2013 #13
That's the particle that... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #14
All kinds of different things are called numbers struggle4progress Jun 2013 #15
Yes but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #16
Dunno. The finite whole numbers admit two interpretations: struggle4progress Jun 2013 #17
Numbers as scalars are also a subset of... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #18
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