Ed, Sasu, David, Peter, and all
> If S=0.999..., then we can say 10S=9.999..., and if we subtract the former
> from the latter we obtain 9S=9, which means S=1.
hmmm.... IMO if we subtract the former from the latter we get:
9.999... - 0.999... = 9.000...
and I'm not sure we can say it's exactly like 9.
This aside, I would like to say I hope it's clear to all that arithmetic is
abstract... it's the most abstract science. All the mathematicians know it
very well. No serious scientist or philosopher will ever say that arithmetic
is a concrete reality.
This is the point of view in a SOM. I think that in a MOQ we should say that
all abstractions are real, as intellectual static patterns of quality. Real,
just like the rocks, the cells and the nations. And all that is real, in the
precise moment we talk about it, is an intellectual static pattern of
quality. So it's not very amusing to attack the "truth" of arithmetic, as
the SOM's and MOQ's viewpoints are similar. It's better to attack the
"truths" of physics: platypi like the gravitation, the big bang, the light
speed and so on.
ghitus
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