Pat Farrell;233614 Wrote: > Robin Bowes wrote: > > Of course 1 + 1 = 2 - that's been mathematically proven. > > Actually, its usually defined as being true. > One of my favorite courses (I've got a Mathematics BS) was looking at > the minimal number of hypothesis that you can have, and proving > arithmetic as we know it. The minimum is generally called Peano's > Postulates. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_axioms And there we have the exact problem with 'audiophiles'. You need a minimum number of hypothesis to get going. We need 1 + 1 = 2 to be true to do our mathematics. But when the 'audiophiles' are proven incorrect they want to throw away the "1 + 1 = 2" definition...
-- servies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ servies's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9496 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38902 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
