[lit-ideas] Re: how long until lunch?
- From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:36:57 -0700
David Savory wrote
Numbers do not exist in nature. That we invented a number system for
use in the natural world in which countable items may be found is
surely non-momentous. Morbidly numerous objects like grains of sand
and difficult-to-count objects by the nebulosity like clouds are no
reason to throw non-momentousness into doubt.
Just a quick question, David. What is a number?
Robert,
always seeking
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