Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science
From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 03/15/05
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Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:42:01 -0500
Lester Zick wrote:
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> Of course the world is full of circles, Tony, and other curved shapes.
> Straight lines only exist in our minds. It's the reason we have only a
> limited ability to comprehend nature. The problem is that in our minds
> is where numbers lie so they don't lie on any curved line we actually
> know mentally.
How about the parabola given by y = x^2. The real number x can be
associated with the point on the parabola (x, x^2). So the real numbers
can be thought of as lying on the above parabola which is surely not a
straight line. The parabola given above is just as much the real number
line as the x axis of the cartesion plane.
You are pathetic.
Bob Kolker
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