Re: Relativity and delusion

Eric Gisse wrote:
On Jul 23, 1:06 pm, "Spaceman" <space...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dirk Van de moortel wrote:

No, I don't think so either - there will always be a steady fresh
supply of retiring engineers and highshool dropouts who learned
to handle a square root.
But don't loose too much sleep over it - if you can't stop it, try
to enjoy it :-)

Dirk,
What is the square root of -1?
How about -4?
Negative numbers can't have square roots huh?
:)

--
James M Driscoll Jr
Spaceman

Yea, they can.

Ooooo
sooo....
You mean the square root of -1 is -1 right?
and the square root of -4 is -2 right?
:)

--
James M Driscoll Jr
Spaceman


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