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"magic math tricks" |
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23 Apr 2006 09:09:12 PM |
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is mathematics just a tautology? |
math is just a tautology. true or false?
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| User: "Fred Head" |
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| Title: Re: is mathematics just a tautology? |
23 Apr 2006 10:13:34 PM |
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"magic math tricks" <markdemers15@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| math is just a tautology. true or false?
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Tutology or Taustology?
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: is mathematics just a tautology? |
24 Apr 2006 06:44:31 AM |
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A tautology implies contentlessness. Mathematics does have some
use/content, so it's not a pure tautology. An example of a
tautological dialog is:
"A tautology is a tautology."
"Is that a metatautology?"
"A metatautology is a metatautology."
"I never metatautology I didn't like."
- Free Will Rogers
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| User: "tadchem" |
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| Title: Re: is mathematics just a tautology? |
24 Apr 2006 06:57:47 PM |
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Most logies are ineducable...
Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: is mathematics just a tautology? |
23 Apr 2006 09:53:00 PM |
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One should always consider the excluded middle. True or false?
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| User: "tadchem" |
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| Title: Re: is mathematics just a tautology? |
24 Apr 2006 06:54:36 PM |
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wrote:
One should always consider the excluded middle. True or false?
A little of both, actually.
Like Bob Dole answered when asked about his preferred style of
undergarments; "Depends..."
<grin>
Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA
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| User: "Edward Green" |
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| Title: Re: is mathematics just a tautology? |
24 Apr 2006 09:07:50 PM |
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Of course math is a tautology. Its charm lies in the fact that almost
all its tautologies are extremely non-obvious.
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| User: "magic math tricks" |
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| Title: Re: is mathematics just a tautology? |
27 Apr 2006 03:28:54 AM |
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nonobvious or not interesting enough for people to want to spend brain
cells on?
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