Re: WELL WHICH IS IT... ?
From: Jesse F. Hughes (jesse_at_phiwumbda.org)
Date: 01/23/05
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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:40:09 +0100
"|-|erc" <h@r.c> writes:
> <rupertmccallum@yahoo.com> wrote in
>>
>> |-|erc wrote:
>> > > "If you have the list of computables, a random real number can be
> on it to an infinite number
>> > > of digits, and yet not be on the list" True / False / Other
>> >
>>
>> It's possible that for each k, the real agrees with some member of the
>> list to k digits, but that the real is not on the list.
>>
>
> .......therefore true?
>
> ........therefore false?
>
> BE ASSERTIVE MAN!
>
Your question is not clearly defined. "A random real number can be on
[a list of reals] to an infinite number of digits" does not have any
clear meaning. Rupert gave one interpretation and said that for *that
interpretation* the sentence is true.
He won't say the sentence is true simpliciter since he doesn't know
what *you* mean by the sentence. Why don't you clarify so that he
doesn't have to?
> Its not newspeak I wish to clarify, its using English for proper
> comprehension that your syntax seems unable to grasp.
Whoever wrote that sentence could learn a thing about using English
for proper comprehension.
-- "I am the barbarian at the gates, raw creative force, willpower, and the will to fight for the truth no matter what, no matter who stands against me, no matter how many of you band [...] together in your weakness to fight against the math." -- James S. Harris
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