Re: [tuning] The significance of zero as the absence of value [OT]

On 3/2/06, Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@ozanyarman.com> wrote:
> My world view Keenan? Is it because I state the acknowledged fact that zero
> denotes the lack of whatever it is you count?
[...]

No. Carefully read what I said. "There's something seriously wrong
with your world view if you depend on a calculator as your source of
mathematical truth." A calculator is a machine made by people to
perform finite computations. It can't tell you anything about this
kind of question.

Keenan

Forget the calculator then, I only depend on it for convenience's sake. My
point stands however. People in the know put the proper codes in that
machine to provide a result that matches our current knowledge and
understanding of the world.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keenan Pepper" <keenanpepper@gmail.com>
To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 03 Mart 2006 Cuma 3:02
Subject: Re: [tuning] The significance of zero as the absence of value [OT]

> On 3/2/06, Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@ozanyarman.com> wrote:
> > My world view Keenan? Is it because I state the acknowledged fact that
zero
> > denotes the lack of whatever it is you count?
> [...]
>
> No. Carefully read what I said. "There's something seriously wrong
> with your world view if you depend on a calculator as your source of
> mathematical truth." A calculator is a machine made by people to
> perform finite computations. It can't tell you anything about this
> kind of question.
>
> Keenan
>