What Even Is a Number?

Re:What Even Is a Number? by snarfy on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @03:38PM (#19202548)

You might even say the unattached "one" is more real than the fork. At the end of the universe, that fork is long gone, but "one" is still there.

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Re:What Even Is a Number? by prmph on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @04:31PM (#19203017)

But if there is no one around to appreciate or think of "one", does it still exist?

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Re:What Even Is a Number? by tgarv on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @03:50PM (#19202638)

Where is "one" then, if it's still "there"? :P

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