Re: Relativity and delusion

The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
In sci.physics.relativity, Spaceman
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wrote
on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:06:41 -0400
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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?
:)


Not real square roots. The consideration of the solution
of the equation x^2 + 1 = 0 led to an entire new class of
numbers, namely imaginary and complex numbers.

???
x^2 + 1 does not equal 0.
Who the hell ever has sadi that it does?
Wow.. no wonder you guys are all screwed up.
If you are trying to make it equal 0 of course you
are going to have to make up "imaginary numbers"
Why would you want to prove an illogical equation
such as that?
Might as well start proving that 2+ 2 = 40,000000
also.
:)

Of course understanding why might require some
considerations as to why negative numbers exist at all,
and what their products yield.

Negative numbers exist only to show a postive motion
in a different direction.

--
James M Driscoll Jr
Spaceman


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