On Feb 29, 2008, at 4:57 PM, Theodore H. Smith wrote:
>> On Feb 29, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Theodore H. Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Maths is just a... dysfunctional version of logic.
>>> It's unwieldy, and... impractical for real life purposes.
>>
>>
>> Math is impractical for real life purposes? Wow. I'll have to
>> remember
>> that the next time I get pulled over for speeding.
>> "Sorry, officer, but your use of math (my speed > speed limit) proves
>> nothing. I'm outta here!"
>
>
> Thanks for all the general denial and insanity and "it's good to have
> the old Theo back" stuff from you guys.
>
> Now anyhow, back to Brad Rhine,
>
> OK. That's just silly. You are deliberately misunderstanding me.
>
> A few thousand years ago, some old Greek proved, using logic, that the
> world is round. He did not use maths, he used logic. I think his name
> was Aristotle. Some other Greeks proved that the skin has holes in it.
> Again, using logic, not maths.
>
>
> Now, just because it is not expressed in terms of algebra, does not
> mean it is not logic.
>
> What they proved was perfectly true. And perfect logic. I'd like to
> see you prove that the world is round using maths. It's just awkward.
>
> In facts, maths is just a limited subset of logic. Some guy called
> Peano managed to define maths in terms of logic. That is a good start.
I think you've constructed yet another proof that you don't know any
mathematics :)
Charles Yeomans
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