Thread: Do numbers really exist?
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Not really. Same way money doesn't exist.
08-23-2024, 03:38 PM
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how can numbers be real if our eyes aren't real?
08-23-2024, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted By nothingshocking⏩
Our eyes are realhow can numbers be real if our eyes aren't real?
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Originally Posted By tendies⏩
1 inch makes a big differenceIf numbers aren't real, then why is 6 afraid of 7?
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Originally Posted By USA90210⏩
No. But they are symbols for things that do exist in reality. It's an interesting concept though. Plato's your guy for this sort of stuff.10.
But those are just fingers.
Do numbers really exist out there in the physical world?
But those are just fingers.
Do numbers really exist out there in the physical world?
08-23-2024, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted By Channel83⏩
So do numbers exist?No. But they are symbols for things that do exist in reality. It's an interesting concept though. Plato's your guy for this sort of stuff.
Also, Plato looks like a hobo.
08-23-2024, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted By USA90210⏩
I don't think they do, in the sense you mean. But then again, when you pry very deeply, what does?So do numbers exist?
Also, Plato looks like a hobo.
Also, Plato looks like a hobo.
Are you a 'human', 'one' man, or a zebullion collection of cells?
08-23-2024, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted By Channel83⏩
I'm a dude with a penor who faps.I don't think they do, in the sense you mean. But then again, when you pry very deeply, what does?
Are you a 'human', 'one' man, or a zebullion collection of cells?
Are you a 'human', 'one' man, or a zebullion collection of cells?
Is math really objective?
I mean... what if you have a retard who thinks 2+2 equals 5?
08-23-2024, 04:30 PM
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A number is actually just a word used to describe an amount. It's like asking if an adjective is real. We use words to describe complicated concepts and because all humans are pretty much the same, we can come to a general consensus regarding what those words mean. There are even nuanced situations regarding how words are pronounced and when they are said that changes the meaning completely, and because humans understand it, it complicates things even further.
Look at human language a bit more closely and you'll find God.
Look at human language a bit more closely and you'll find God.
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08-23-2024, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted By USA90210⏩
If you tried to sell me 2 apples and only gave me 1, i would notice and say 'fck u pal'I'm a dude with a penor who faps.
Is math really objective?
I mean... what if you have a retard who thinks 2+2 equals 5?
Is math really objective?
I mean... what if you have a retard who thinks 2+2 equals 5?
But is there an actual number 1 & 2 & etc in some metaphysical sense? In the same way is there an actual principal of Justice or Goodness or Evil, existing outside the human mind?
Not sure.
08-23-2024, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted By WiseOldApe⏩
So numbers are not real?A number is actually just a word used to describe an amount. It's like asking if an adjective is real. We use words to describe complicated concepts and because all humans are pretty much the same, we can come to a general consensus regarding what those words mean. There are even nuanced situations regarding how words are pronounced and when they are said that changes the meaning completely, and because humans understand it, it complicates things even further.
Look at human language a bit more closely and you'll find God.
Look at human language a bit more closely and you'll find God.
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Originally Posted By USA90210⏩
A number is a conceptualization. It's a term describing the amount of something. When you put a number in front of an object, you will describe the repetitive nature of that object in that particular instance.So numbers are not real?
Numbers differ from adjectives such as bad and good, in that even two reasonable people may disagree on what is good and bad - but in the instance of dark vs night, only a lunatic would disagree that a sunny day at 3:00PM is day and a moon lit night at 2:00AM is night.
Same reason that two plus two is four, and not five. Human beings who are not crazy and have a normal and functioning perception will never say that two added to two is five, just as they cannot call daytime, night - it doesn't make sense.
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08-23-2024, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted By WiseOldApe⏩
Well, I made a thread... Look at all the crazy people who spell "dilemna" with 2 M's.A number is a conceptualization. It's a term describing the amount of something. When you put a number in front of an object, you will describe the repetitive nature of that object in that particular instance.
Numbers differ from adjectives such as bad and good, in that even two reasonable people may disagree on what is good and bad - but in the instance of dark vs night, only a lunatic would disagree that a sunny day at 3:00PM is day and a moon lit night at 2:00AM is night.
Same reason that two plus two is four, and not five. Human beings who are not crazy and have a normal and functioning perception will never say that two added to two is five, just as they cannot call daytime, night - it doesn't make sense.
Numbers differ from adjectives such as bad and good, in that even two reasonable people may disagree on what is good and bad - but in the instance of dark vs night, only a lunatic would disagree that a sunny day at 3:00PM is day and a moon lit night at 2:00AM is night.
Same reason that two plus two is four, and not five. Human beings who are not crazy and have a normal and functioning perception will never say that two added to two is five, just as they cannot call daytime, night - it doesn't make sense.
https://forum.obnoxiousbrutes.com/showt...hp?t=185729441
08-23-2024, 05:07 PM
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25 or 6 to 4?
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Originally Posted By USA90210⏩
Written letters and words are just ways to quantify spoken words and turn them into written form. You could write dill-emma and people would know what you mean.Well, I made a thread... Look at all the crazy people who spell "dilemna" with 2 M's.
https://forum.obnoxiousbrutes.com/showt...hp?t=185729441
https://forum.obnoxiousbrutes.com/showt...hp?t=185729441
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numbers are not real
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Originally Posted By MiscMathematician⏩
numbers are not real
08-23-2024, 05:28 PM
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