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Paleologue

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31. So you're a mind reader now?

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #27)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 09:55 PM

Mar 2018

Here's what he said:

Without zero, there is no mathematics.

Science, however, requires a zero

Both demonstrably wrong.

Case closed.

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The "Little Bang" Experiment - Insights into the "Big Bang" [View all] MineralMan Mar 2018 OP

This proves gold is god, and I've been worshipping the correct deity all along marylandblue Mar 2018 #1

Could be. MineralMan Mar 2018 #2

I always thought a Big Bang was godlike when I was younger packman Mar 2018 #3

LOL! MineralMan Mar 2018 #4

The best explanation I ever heard SCantiGOP Mar 2018 #5

That's as good as any, really. MineralMan Mar 2018 #6

I say, "there is no such thing as nothing" marylandblue Mar 2018 #7

Without zero, there is no mathematics. MineralMan Mar 2018 #8

Yes, there was, actually. Paleologue Mar 2018 #10

Zero unlocked the limits of mathematics. MineralMan Mar 2018 #12

No, science doesn't require a zero Paleologue Mar 2018 #15

Really? Zero has existed throughout the scientific age. MineralMan Mar 2018 #16

So science doesn't need a zero Paleologue Mar 2018 #17

I will simply refer you to this link: MineralMan Mar 2018 #18

Which, if you'd read it Paleologue Mar 2018 #19

You cannot solve for the roots of an algebraic equation VMA131Marine Mar 2018 #23

To modern science, yes Paleologue Mar 2018 #25

I think MM meant modern science marylandblue Mar 2018 #27

So you're a mind reader now? Paleologue Mar 2018 #31

I am saying what I thought he met marylandblue Mar 2018 #32

No, you're declaring what you say is true Paleologue Mar 2018 #33

You are mind reader now too? marylandblue Mar 2018 #34

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2018 #35

No need to argue further marylandblue Mar 2018 #36

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2018 #37

Quote marylandblue Mar 2018 #38

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2018 #39

The Pythagoras theorem (ca. 500 BC) VMA131Marine Mar 2018 #40

Here's a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem that does not require knowledge of zero. Jim__ Mar 2018 #41

So, if you move elements from one side of the equation VMA131Marine Mar 2018 #42

Yes, and please notice that Euclid's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem does not require any such move Jim__ Mar 2018 #43

Zero is a place marker. guillaumeb Mar 2018 #22

"nothing" is also my answer when my wife asks what I am doing marylandblue Mar 2018 #13

Which demonstrates that something can come from nothing. MineralMan Mar 2018 #14

Thanks for this link and OP SonofDonald Mar 2018 #9

My pleasure. I interest myself in things like this. MineralMan Mar 2018 #11

My question has always been what was there before the big bang. Fla Dem Mar 2018 #20

The big bang created space-time VMA131Marine Mar 2018 #24

Once there was nothing. Suddenly, it exploded. guillaumeb Mar 2018 #21

Yes, and so? MineralMan Mar 2018 #29

You might also find this interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #26

Thanks. I'll watch that soon. MineralMan Mar 2018 #28

We are on the inside of a black hole kurtcagle Mar 2018 #30