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Indeterminism in mathematics
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RE: Indeterminism in mathematics
(September 26, 2008 at 12:04 pm)Alan Wrote: It's obvious why we think there's a man pulling the sun across the sky. Our mind has only evolved to deal with cause-effect relations on OUR scale. When a bush rattles, there is probably something inside, which may be out to get us (or become our meal).

There's really no divine factor to our thinking.

It goes both ways.

Do we think there is a divine being because we're only thinking on OUR scale?

Do we think there is no divine being because we're only thinking on OUR scale?
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Indeterminism in mathematics - by josef rosenkranz - September 22, 2008 at 2:32 pm
RE: Indeterminism in mathematics - by Edwardo Piet - September 22, 2008 at 5:56 pm
RE: Indeterminism in mathematics - by Tiberius - September 22, 2008 at 6:27 pm
RE: Indeterminism in mathematics - by josef rosenkranz - September 27, 2008 at 11:20 am
RE: Indeterminism in mathematics - by starbucks - September 25, 2008 at 10:45 am
RE: Indeterminism in mathematics - by infidel666 - September 25, 2008 at 11:56 pm
RE: Indeterminism in mathematics - by starbucks - September 26, 2008 at 11:41 am
RE: Indeterminism in mathematics - by infidel666 - September 27, 2008 at 3:58 am
RE: Indeterminism in mathematics - by Alan - September 26, 2008 at 12:04 pm
RE: Indeterminism in mathematics - by starbucks - September 26, 2008 at 12:31 pm

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