Guest guest Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 From another list, just to illustrate that we're not the only ones who get into inane conversations over esoteric minutae... > > > The reason that the foundations of mathematics were studied so heavily > > > was to solve probles in completely general ways. The point of showing > > > that 1 + 1 = 2 is to show it in absolute generality, so the objects > > > involved could be anything. > > Exactly. I tried 1 cat + 1 cat = 2 cats, but I could never get them to > > stay put to complete my proof. > I tried with 1 cloud of smoke + 1 cloud of smoke, and got 1 cloud of > smoke. > Heh - try with one lump of Plutonium plus one lump of Plutonium, > result varies with lump size and proximity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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