Hi Stephen P. King The prime numbers were somehow "calculated" without access to the physical world. Euclids' geometry as well, the natural numbers, etc.
Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 11/8/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-11-07, 19:15:17 Subject: Re: Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystems On 11/7/2012 11:55 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Stephen P. King > > The machine or program that made the calculation > doesn't have to be real, it's purely an a priori, > a given. > > > Hi Roger, Given how? How can a computation occur without access to something real? Can we get knowledge for free? -- Onward! Stephen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.