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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!

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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (38099)5/12/1999 5:21:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (3) of 108807
 
So you take Chuzz's side, two of you against me?

Well, you know what they say: two wrongs don't make a right! <vbg>

But I think you and Chuzz show a very anthrocentric view of the universe. I have no idea what if any life is "out there," but I know it won't speak English, and I have serious doubts whether its math will look anything like ours.

But any further discussion seems pointless since I won't persuade you and you won't persuade me. I succeeded in showing Chuzz a valid equation where 2 + 2 did NOT equal 4. He wanted to try to persuade me that 11 and 4 were the same, but I ain't buying!

As to what dolphin, or Martian (not that I believe there are Martians per say, but standing in for the concept of whatever alien life forms there may be -- sort of like the X in an algebraic equation <g>) mathematics may be like. But I suspect they will be quite different from ours.

Who knows. Maybe in our lifetime we'll find out.
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