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To: The Philosopher who wrote (37996)	5/12/1999 1:45:00 AM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<< Hey, I taught College math. I know what prime numbers are. >> I didn't imply that you didn't know what a prime number is. << My point is that we don't know whether the minds of other creatures may have totally different mathematics or totally different ways of understanding mathematics. >> If there are 17 objects, there is no way to arrange them into rows with equal numbers of objects in each row. I don't care what language you speak or what mathematics you care to invent. You don't even need a language. Just show me that you can do it with 17 Xs here, and I will concede. In fact you can try it with any of the other many primes if you want. There are many other mathematical absolutes that don't care who the observer is. Del