Re:A Nobel Prize winner's brilliant tirade against mortality
by kessog on Friday August 09, 2024 @07:04AM
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> the game of mathematics is to define some axioms
Is an axiom physical? Can I touch a mathematical axiom? Can I kick it down the stairs?
> Boolean algebra is made physical
So what was it before it was "made physical"? This statement necessitates Boolean algebra having had some other, metaphysical form before physical instantiation.
> I didn't make any claim to anything non-physical
Yes you did. And you did again just now.
"I" - appeal to the self. Non physical.
"Didn't" - appeal to the past. Non physical.
"Make any Claim" - appeal to truth or falsehood. Non physical.
Again, these are debates that have already been hashed out millennia ago. I don't want to appear rude or condescending, which is near impossible not to do over written debate, but I would highly suggest putting in the work to learn the history of fundamental philosophical concepts like Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Ethics before engaging in debate over them.
Is an axiom physical? Can I touch a mathematical axiom? Can I kick it down the stairs?
> Boolean algebra is made physical
So what was it before it was "made physical"? This statement necessitates Boolean algebra having had some other, metaphysical form before physical instantiation.
> I didn't make any claim to anything non-physical
Yes you did. And you did again just now. "I" - appeal to the self. Non physical. "Didn't" - appeal to the past. Non physical. "Make any Claim" - appeal to truth or falsehood. Non physical.
Again, these are debates that have already been hashed out millennia ago. I don't want to appear rude or condescending, which is near impossible not to do over written debate, but I would highly suggest putting in the work to learn the history of fundamental philosophical concepts like Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Ethics before engaging in debate over them.