Re: Peterson's Death Sentence

From: John Woodgate (jmw_at_jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:06:37 +0000

I read in sci.electronics.design that learner@juno.com wrote (in
<41fd381c$1$woehfu$mr2ice@news.aros.net>) about 'Peterson's Death
Sentence', on Sun, 30 Jan 2005:
>>On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 08:25:30 GMT, Parse Tree
>><account@domain.extension> wrote:
>
>
>>>Suppose I said that there was an equation such that 4+4=10. Now I can
>>>claim that it's not bound by the laws of arithmetic, but that doesn't
>>>change the fact that applying the laws of arithmetic results in that
>>>equation being impossible.
>
>
>You failed to mention that your math only works if you are using base 10
>arithmetic.
>
>If you change the base of the numbers, you change the rules of the
>equation. I wonder if that would work on a universal basis for God??
>
>
No, obviously not, if you think about. It's FAR to trivial for the sort
of god-concept we are discussing. Don't you buy vegetables in base 16
units? 

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