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Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by arpgme
To answer the second question, space requires some sort of mass. even things at the subatomic level have mass. The air we breath has mass, even light has relativistic mass. The mind, in my opinion has no mass and I base that opinion on there being no evidence to the contrary.
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by arpgme
But where would this space be? Where do thoughts come from?
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by arpgme
Space is not empty though, you stated that earlier. If something is empty, it has 'nothing' in it, if there is 'nothing' in this space then it is not space at all, it is only nothingness.
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
If nothing is only a concept, wouldn't it go to reason that all concepts are no-thing?
Originally posted by Krazysh0t
reply to post by 0mage
I don't think I understand what you are suggesting with the Pi analogy. Whenever I calculate things using Pi (and Euler's Constant e [~2.71] for that matter) I try to keep Pi as its own number. I never try to round it off (Example: if the radius of a circle is 2 then I'll say that the circumference is 4Pi). I understand full well that when you round something off, your answer isn't correct at the end no matter how close to the real answer it is.
Originally posted by Krazysh0t
Why do you say that the way our math is composed enslaves us? Math is universal. It defines physics which define the universe. Sometimes we need to create concepts such as i=Sqrt(-1), Pi, e, or infinity to make our math work. However these concepts continue to hold up as new mathematical concepts are invented and tweaked.
I think what you are getting at is that sometimes people misuse math to make things work for them. If a banker rounds off a fraction of a cent on interest then yes it will add up eventually to whole cents then dollars then hundreds and so on. This isn't math's failing though, it is a person(s) using math incorrectly for their own purposes. Another problem is that our technology doesn't have the computing power to handle irregular numbers to the nth decimal place. We have to make concessions and round off to get an answer as close to the right answer as possible. To aid in this, it is always better to keep all irregular numbers in their uncalculated form until the very end of the problem (ie: 5/7, Pi, e, etc) then round the answer off.