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Math is the study of futility. Futility to calculate, to understand, to define, to rationalize. 1 is the only number. Everything else is a name.
by RyanAdamas 2y ago
Math is the study of futility.
Futility to calculate, to understand, to define, to rationalize.
1 is the only number. Everything else is a name.
- sssilver 2y agoI’d paraphrase. I’d say that zero and one are the only objects. Everything else is a name. So in a sense math is exploration of the relation between existence and nonexistence.
- RyanAdamas 2y agoYou can't show me zero of something which is why you can't divide by it. Zero is a placeholder for what we can't show which is also why negative number exist on the opposite side of it. Zero isn't a number, it too is a name.
- sssilver 2y agoI did mention objects, not numbers. Maybe “symbols” representing concepts. I’d go with “name” for both zero and one — nonexistence and existence.
- autoexec 2y ago> You can't show me zero of something which is why you can't divide by it. I've shown you zero fish. The number of fish I've shown you is zero. If I tracked you down, brought a fish with me and showed it to you, I'd have shown you 1 fish, but I haven't.
- dataflow 2y ago> 1 is the only number. Everything else is a name. http://scihi.org/leopold-kronecker/ http://scihi.org/leopold-kronecker/