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you'll be back. they always come back
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Sagebrush posted:I hate this stupid thread and I'm marking it unread. lol
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May 31, 2023 18:47
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Sagebrush posted:I hate this stupid thread and I'm marking it unread. i guess some people just can't accept revolutionary paradigm shifts
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May 31, 2023 18:52
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Sagebrush posted:I hate this stupid thread and I'm marking it unread. so you’ll read it again?
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May 31, 2023 19:56
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walking into this thread
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May 31, 2023 20:55
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complex numbers fascinate me
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May 31, 2023 21:23
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they're just numbers
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May 31, 2023 21:24
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one of the people that works otc on sunday is studying mechanical engineering and I like talking to her about things she has a formal education in whereas i’ve just watched youtube  and I asked her if she knows about mandelbrot fractals and she had not so I showed her and it was like woah that’s just inherent in the math?? more evidence that math is a way of summoning a demon
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May 31, 2023 21:29
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rotor posted:they're just numbers i’m allowed to be fascinated by numbers
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May 31, 2023 21:29
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things can appear amazing and unreal when you don’t understand them please don’t take that away from me
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i'm glad that the world still holds a lot of magic for you, echi
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echinopsis posted:one of the people that works otc on sunday is studying mechanical engineering and I like talking to her about things she has a formal education in whereas i’ve just watched youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tsutU92rrE
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May 31, 2023 21:43
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echinopsis posted:i’m you absolutely are
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May 31, 2023 21:53
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numbers are weird as hell imo, they like to pretend they're nice and orderly but under the covers its just seething chaos in there
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May 31, 2023 21:54
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and especially because numbers are just a set of rules, rather than anything real like fascinating rocks or hamburgers or gigantic puddles like the ocean
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May 31, 2023 21:55
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ehhh no i feel like numbers are absolutely real
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May 31, 2023 21:56
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rotor posted:ehhh no i feel like numbers are absolutely real this is the sort of person in charge around here
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May 31, 2023 21:57
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rotor posted:ehhh no i feel like numbers are absolutely real well now you're going to have to define "real"
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May 31, 2023 22:02
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infernal machines posted:well now you're going to have to define "real" i aint gonna define poo poo
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May 31, 2023 22:06
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you are casually dismissing a problem that has been debated by philosophers for thousands of years. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/realism/
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May 31, 2023 22:15
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note that "casual dismissal" is the absolutely the most reasonable and practical action to take with respect to most philosophical problems. just, like, don't pretend you are saying anything that is of any interest to anyone
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May 31, 2023 22:16
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DELETE CASCADE posted:note that "casual dismissal" is the absolutely the most reasonable and practical action to take with respect to most philosophical problems. just, like, don't pretend you are saying anything that is of any interest to anyone yeah echi
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May 31, 2023 22:17
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I meant what I said
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May 31, 2023 22:21
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numbers are like when someone sells an empty xbox box on ebay. someone was expecting something but all they got was the vibe of the xbox numbers a a vibe man
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May 31, 2023 22:28
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DELETE CASCADE posted:note that "casual dismissal" is the absolutely the most reasonable and practical action to take with respect to most philosophical problems. just, like, don't pretend you are saying anything that is of any interest to anyone my advice, as always, is "stop digging"
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May 31, 2023 22:36
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if rotor wants to say that numbers are "real", in the sense that they exist independently of "here's 5 apples" or "here are some arabic numerals i typed: 1 2 3 4 5", then he has to explain where these mythical numbers actually are. ain't nobody ever seen em. if echi wants to deny that numbers are real, arguing instead that they're just a bunch of poo poo we made up, then he has to explain why all human cultures (and some non-human) come up with the same concepts, and why they are so powerful at explaining the physical world neither of you can do either of those things, though. plato solved this problem by making poo poo up. christian philosophers solved this problem by invoking god. modern philosophers have essentially given up on the problem
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May 31, 2023 22:41
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philosophy is not that hard. the number one is real as there is obviously one true good the number two is real, as there is a being (me) observing that first true, but it is a fallen sinner and cannot be a part of the one true god the number three is real, as revealed in the holy trinity the number four is real, as the sinner observes the obviousness of the holy trinity and so on in that fashion, you'll be a famous philosopher in no time
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May 31, 2023 22:47
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DELETE CASCADE posted:if rotor wants to say that numbers are "real", in the sense that they exist independently of "here's 5 apples" or "here are some arabic numerals i typed: 1 2 3 4 5", then he has to explain where these mythical numbers actually are. I dont have to do poo poo, gently caress off poindexter
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rotor posted:ehhh no i feel like numbers are absolutely real I believe if you pick a number totally at random, the probability is 0 that it will be real, and 1 that it will be complex.
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May 31, 2023 22:48
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rotor posted:I dont have to do poo poo, gently caress off poindexter this is fine, just DELETE CASCADE posted:don't pretend you are saying anything that is of any interest to anyone
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May 31, 2023 22:51
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May 31, 2023 22:53
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is a hamburger real? it satisfies both yes and no on one hand yes, it’s made of real bits on the other hand no, it’s just a bunch of bits, the culmination of those bits into a hamburger is just an idea inside our mind and doesn’t exist in the real world
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May 31, 2023 22:55
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before humans existed did numbers exist too
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May 31, 2023 22:56
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DELETE CASCADE posted:this is fine, just welcome to the SA forums my dude, please enjoy your stay
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May 31, 2023 23:09
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echinopsis posted:before humans existed did numbers exist too yes
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Cybernetic Vermin posted:philosophy is not that hard. [typing away on giant ipad calculator] yeah. this all checks out.
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May 31, 2023 23:09
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rotor posted:yes rock solid definition imo
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rotor posted:ehhh no i feel like numbers are absolutely real https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_number
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numbers believers posting their L's 
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