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Posted by Neredbojias on 11/23/70 11:44
To further the education of mankind, Jose <teacherjh@aol.nojunk.com>
declaimed:
>> Does context change maths as it does language, so that
>> 1+1 != 2 somewhere in the universe?
>
> Early pentiums.
>
> Consider a script which generates an HTML page listing bus riders. Each
> time somebody swipes a farecard to enter or exit, the list is updated.
> One day halfway through the run, the last passenger exits. Three
> stops later, a passenger is waiting, and a stop after that five
> passengers are waiting for the bus.
>
> What happens to the bus, and to the unordered list of passengers, in the
> interim. Does it simply cease to exist?
>
> As Descartes might say, "I think not".
In Logic they teach that an empty set is still a real and valid set; it is
not null. Some philosopher or other stated that if something _could_
affect reality (potentially), it existed.
--
Neredbojias
Infinity can have limits.
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