From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Sat Dec 07 2002 - 11:06:37 MST
Ross writes
> We could expect any rational being to comprehend rational numeric and
> other mathematical relations, except for philosophers.
Touche.
> That is to say, any sufficiently advanced [non-philosophical]
> (alien) life form has a glimpse of math and probably socially
> understands some mathematics.
>
> I was thinking about it, and thought that maybe prior to the existence
> of anything there was null. Then,
Error.
> somehow, for any given reason, there was some infinitesimal
> "flaw" or anything different. Then
Error.
> as soon
Error.
> as there was something different then all of the nothingness was polarized
> to anything and at that point there were equal amounts of something and
> nothing. Then it goes spiral and then ying-yang...
My own take is that the language of past, future, and
causality is inappropriate when attempting to deal
with such questions.
> Yet still, that doesn't explain what causes the universe. A unified
> field theory, or as they say "T.O.E.", may explain.
"Causes?".
Lee
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