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    We just need one page with everything on: Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ/ς, Τ...
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    My question is, there is a symbol for infinity, i.e., ## Surely, once symbols have been introduced here, they can be C and P'd. Cat :)
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    Catastrophe replied to the thread Infinity.
    Then: Quote: The Planets by Brian Cox (Author), Andrew Cohen (Author) I suggest Mathematics corresponds to our fingers, used as a...
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    Catastrophe replied to the thread Infinity.
    Mathematics cannot think. Do you mean that mathematics is just another means of abstraction? For example, assigning a numerical value...
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    Catastrophe replied to the thread Infinity.
    Whoknows, here is an interesting aside, I found in my current reading: Cat :)
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    Catastrophe replied to the thread Infinity.
    "That's all" seems fairly final. I only think we differ semantically, possibly because we are not understanding each other. Re: the...
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    Catastrophe replied to the thread Infinity.
    Questions of degree are just life-wasting. That's enough for me. Cat :)
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    Catastrophe replied to the thread Infinity.
    Please clarify: This is ambiguous. Does it mean you disagree THAT external reality is unknowable, or you disagree BECAUSE external...
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    Catastrophe replied to the thread Infinity.
    Have you been reading my posts? I could not agree more with your last post. Science can only deal with inputs recognisable to our...
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    Catastrophe replied to the thread Infinity.
    Our brain creates models of the world around us, but this does not mean that there is nothing around us or that we cannot explore this...
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    Catastrophe replied to the thread Infinity.
    Our abstraction of an external reality is within. Cat :) Is there an external reality? Only a sum total of all external...
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    Catastrophe replied to the thread Orbitting farmlands.
    I sat for a decade, thinking "How can humans live for ever?". Suddenly, I realised the answer was easy. Invent an immortality pill...
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    Catastrophe replied to the thread Orbitting farmlands.
    Possibly zero. Cat :)
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    Catastrophe reacted to COLGeek's post in the thread Orbitting farmlands with Like Like.
    I think you are grossly underestimating the cost/benefit/need of such an implementation. Theory aside, show us the math that makes this...
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    Catastrophe reacted to COLGeek's post in the thread Orbitting farmlands with Like Like.
    I believe there is some research that suggests human populations are leveling off. Regardless, we have more than enough suitable land...