Philosophy (24)

20 Name: Anonymous : 2009-01-19 17:51 ID:Heaven

>>19
Mathematical formulas capture general cases; they can't account for infinities. While you can, in fact, definitely count the number of oranges in a bag using natural numbers, the concept of discrete quantities of oranges is a concept invented by humans. The concept of an orange is a novelty of ours as well.

In fact, discretization itself is entirely man-made. In actuality the only known is that nothing can truly be known. We think we exist because our lives have so far been shown to maintain a probabilistic consistency throughout history. Statistical significance is a concept created by us to obtain the answers we want.

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