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Author: bernardZbernardZ Date: Nov 8, 2007 00:59
1-1=0 For two same things we get nothing.
Almost as interesting is
1+3-4=0 We have three different somethings we get nothing.
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Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Nov 8, 2007 05:20
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 19:59:00 +1100, bernardZ nospam.com> wrote:
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>1-1=0 For two same things we get nothing.
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>1+3-4=0 We have three different somethings we get nothing.
That's "third world" philosophy : "Symbolism over substance."
Common to all third world efforts, except fecundity.
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Author: ZerkonXZerkonX Date: Nov 8, 2007 07:15
On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:59:00 +1100, bernardZ wrote:
> we get nothing
Or: -1, being less than nothing?
But zero is not nothing. It is the number 0 which is a thing.
More fun?
There isn't a tangible -1 of any real thing other than a deficit which is
just a concept of expectation or potential. However, -1 is a numeric
tangible which means numbers, like poetry and metaphor, are not bound to
the tangible world other than by way of imagination.
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Author: brian fletcherbrian fletcher Date: Nov 8, 2007 19:25
"bernardZ" nospam.com> wrote in message
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> 1-1=0 For two same things we get nothing.
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> 1+3-4=0 We have three different somethings we get nothing.
People try to turn 1+1 into 2 when the answer can only be 1+1. The start of
the road of illusion.
BOfL
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Author: Michael GordgeMichael Gordge Date: Nov 8, 2007 21:21
On Nov 9, 12:25 pm, "brian fletcher" bigpond.net.au> wrote:> "bernardZ" nospam.com> wrote in message
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>>> 1-1=0 For two same things we get nothing.
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>> Almost as interesting is
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>> 1+3-4=0 We have three different somethings we get nothing.
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> People try to turn 1+1 into 2 when the answer can only be 1+1. The start of
> the road of illusion.
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> BOfL
1 peach + 1 apple = 2 seperate units of fruit.
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Nov 8, 2007 22:04
On Nov 8, 12:59 am, bernardZ nospam.com> wrote:> 1-1=0 For two same things we get nothing.
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> Almost as interesting is
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> 1+3-4=0 We have three different somethings we get nothing.
0+1+3+4=0 though and also 0+1-3-4=0
or
0+1-3-4= -6 that is negative six.
which is it?
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Nov 8, 2007 22:07
On Nov 8, 9:21 pm, Michael Gordge xtra.co.nz> wrote:> On Nov 9, 12:25 pm, "brian fletcher" bigpond.net.au> wrote:
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>>> 1-1=0 For two same things we get nothing.
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>>> Almost as interesting is
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>>> 1+3-4=0 We have three different somethings we get nothing.
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>> People try to turn 1+1 into 2 when the answer can only be 1+1. The start of
>> the road of illusion.
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Author: Michael GordgeMichael Gordge Date: Nov 8, 2007 23:43
On Nov 9, 3:07 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
> The real world simply doesn't map well to binary distinctions,
Try the other way round.
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> numerical precision is often unhelpful in making qualitative
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And often the use of numbers are very helpful.
> Fuzzy logic gives us a way to deal with such situations.
To make things worse you mean.
MG
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Author: TimTim Date: Nov 9, 2007 02:17
> On Nov 9, 12:25 pm, "brian fletcher" bigpond.net.au> wrote:>> "bernardZ" nospam.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> 1-1=0 For two same things we get nothing.
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>>> Almost as interesting is
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>>> 1+3-4=0 We have three different somethings we get nothing.
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>> People try to turn 1+1 into 2 when the answer can only be 1+1. The start
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>> the road of illusion.
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>> BOfL ...
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Author: toolytooly Date: Nov 9, 2007 14:55
"bernardZ" nospam.com> wrote in message
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> 1-1=0 For two same things we get nothing.
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> 1+3-4=0 We have three different somethings we get nothing.
NOt that your musing mean anything...
but 'zero' is not 'nothing'...but zero. Nothing in it's strictest sense is
a 'null and void'.
Zero denotes an empty set. "Nothing' erases the set altogether [the null
and void].
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