(September 25, 2012 at 11:16 pm)Blackrook Wrote:(September 25, 2012 at 10:06 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Mathematics are arbitrarily defined, and then related to the real world via arbitrarily defined measurements. 1=1 is proof of itself. Let's say proof is 'beyond a reasonable doubt'. Also, we can assume that based on a lack of evidence something is untrue. Or would you prefer guilty until proven innocent?No, I have it on good authority from my father the mathematician that 1 = 1 is unproven and unprovable. This statement does not "prove itself."
...do you know basic math? Math is a system of measurement defined by humans. Thus 1=1, because 1 is defined as 1. How can 1=/=1?
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