(June 12, 2012 at 12:13 pm)FallentoReason Wrote:Quote:Oh, and by the way, I want to make it very, very clear that parallel lines are not some axiom of geometry. They are very observeable in reality, and you don't need infinite lengths to have two lines that would never intersect.
Where can I observe them? How can you know that they are indeed parallel? Please elaborate.
In the same way as we can know the orbit pf Pluto without ever observing the path or the angles at which it spins, we can know if two lines would be truly parallel. Use math to determine whether the set that you have in reality matches the hypothetical ideal- then you can know whether or not the physical interpretation of "parallel" matches.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
