(November 6, 2016 at 2:24 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote:(November 5, 2016 at 1:09 am)FallentoReason Wrote: "But 2 + 2 will always equal 4 no matter what." - no, that is a bare assertion. 2 + 2 didn't have to equal 4 in this universe. The mere roll of the dice made it so.
It's also not necessarily true in this universe.
But I don't know what it would even mean for 2 + 2 to = 5. X = A + B =/= X?
It's necessarily true in our universe, according to a priori logic.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle