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#26 2014-04-25 04:23:21
- bobbym
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Re: Everything
Perhaps one event after another and that yesterday was before today.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#27 2014-04-25 04:25:36
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He wants to know if there are any loops in time?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
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#28 2014-04-25 04:29:28
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The ancients did not believe in modern mans concept of time or space. Instead of the universe being flat like a plane which means to go from one point to another you have to travel the intervening distance, they saw the universe as a crumpled up plane where all points in time and space were on top of each other, like a ball.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#29 2014-04-25 04:30:52
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I like guessing at the problem but not at what the problem is.
Please make the OPs question clearer to me.
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#30 2014-04-25 04:33:48
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That do not know how to do. Math is hard, philosophy is impossible. Pope's quote was quoted to me many times only now I actually understand it.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#31 2014-04-25 04:41:43
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What was his quote?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#32 2014-04-25 04:50:47
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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#33 2014-04-25 04:53:49
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I like bobbym and anonymnistefy quotes bettter.
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#34 2014-04-25 04:58:27
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There are mathematical philosophers too, and like regular philosophers they can argue for thousands of years about things they can never resolve.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#35 2014-04-25 13:43:34
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I asked "if time is linear or not?". Because I think time is not fundamental. I don't believe we could go back in time if time is just "change"
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#36 2014-04-25 20:12:20
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Based on my comments in post #28 I would say I do not believe in linear time.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#37 2014-04-25 21:26:46
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I still do not get it.
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#38 2014-04-25 23:10:29
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Go to Wikipedia, search for time dilation, spacetime, gravity, time travel, time and relativity
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#39 2014-04-26 00:27:43
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I know them. what now?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#40 2014-04-26 03:33:45
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Idk... I guess the next Albert Einstein will explain more...
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#41 2014-04-26 03:39:12
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The heck with the next Einstein, we need another Newton to come along.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#42 2014-04-26 03:50:02
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Did you guys heard about those "celebrity physicist" saying our universe is just a hologram?
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#43 2014-04-26 03:52:39
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That is actually a very old idea.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#44 2014-04-26 03:56:55
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Yes, that michio kaku guy is bringing it up again. What would happen if we are really just holograms?
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#45 2014-04-26 04:00:48
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Nothing would change. The Hindus believe we are dream within a dream.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#46 2014-04-26 04:07:26
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I heard the Hindus are the very first religion on earth?
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#47 2014-04-26 04:09:27
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It is the oldest, which is why it is called the Sanatan Dharma.
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#48 2014-04-26 04:09:59
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I have heard that too.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#49 2014-04-26 04:11:40
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Of course it is impossible to know which is the oldest. But it does not really matter, since all religions (especially Hinduism) believe that no religion teaches the only way to salvation above all others, but that all genuine paths are facets of God's Light, deserving tolerance and understanding.
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#50 2014-04-26 04:13:03
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I believe that kind of tolerance was first in Jainism. Unfortunately, that is not a belief shared by the worlds people.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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