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Geoff Campbell's avatar

One, two, three, many...

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MICHAEL J BRUWER Tucson's avatar

Fabulous!!

Thank you very much.

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Lucien's avatar

Great piece!

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mechanism's avatar

if reality is discrete & finite, in what sense do infinities exist or why wouldn't a largest number exist?

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Geoff Campbell's avatar

My complaint about math and the many fabulous ' problems' is that however exciting they were to solve, they are characteristics of the counting math, with no relationship to natural phenomena.

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SidoV's avatar

A Roman sees me subtract one from a billion and thinks I’m a wizard. Meanwhile, I still need a calculator to split the bill at dinner 😇

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Geoff Campbell's avatar

How many M's in a billion?🤠

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Crng's avatar

The Yanomami numbering system is romantic! Me You and the world.

If the numbers are not their naming algorithm then what are the ''real'' numbers?

If every reproduction would also be speciation could we also count? Under what quality would be possible a countable grouping? Objects? Things?

What if every particle would split into reciprocally non-relatable parts could (supposing we are still there) anything be counted?

How about a numbering system were we have only one sign? How would this look like? What logic would be usable in counting and measuring this world?

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David Bessis's avatar

Read my book :)

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