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**Tiberius** · February 13, 2010 at 11:06 am

I did write it out:

1.999...

It's mathematics, not physical reality Tongue

Purple Rabbit · February 13, 2010 at 11:08 am

OK, so it's not real evidence then.

**Tiberius** · February 13, 2010 at 11:09 am

It's mathematically true...I think I've already proved that countless times in a number of posts Big Grin

Purple Rabbit · February 13, 2010 at 11:17 am

And religion is religiously true. Without real evidence we can simply discard your claim.

**Tiberius** · February 13, 2010 at 11:36 am

What evidence do you want? There was a whole thread on this by the way...did you miss it?

Purple Rabbit · February 13, 2010 at 11:46 am

Hard evidence of course. Evidence that corresponds to Reality with capital R.
The evidence that undeniable demonstrates your trickery pertains to the world we live in.

Your evidence even fails to count to two. You should be writing down 9's for the rest of your life.

**Tiberius** · February 13, 2010 at 11:48 am

No, because 1.999... is equal to 2 (and ... is a way of representing infinitely long numbers in short form). Anyway, counting involves incrementation, what has that got to do with anything?

Purple Rabbit · (This post was last modified: February 13, 2010 at 12:10 pm by Purple Rabbit.)

(February 13, 2010 at 11:48 am)Tiberius Wrote: No, because 1.999... is equal to 2 (and ... is a way of representing infinitely long numbers in short form). Anyway, counting involves incrementation, what has that got to do with anything?

But you can't write out infinitely long numbers in a finite amount of time, e.g. your liefspan, can you? So by what supernatural authorithy do you claim that 1.99... IS 2?

Next thing you might say is that 2 is short for 1.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
or thereabout. You're just making things up in your sorry ass supernatural environment that does not pertain to reality.

Get some sense in there!

**Tiberius** · February 13, 2010 at 12:12 pm

The ability to write out infinitely long numbers is irrelevant if you (a) have an understanding of the word "infinity" and (b) have a notation system for such concepts. 1.999... means quite literally "1.999 with an infinite amount of repeating 9's".

I don't claim to have a supernatural authority...and I'm quite confused as to why you've brought it up.

Please go and re-read the thread if you want proofs.

Purple Rabbit · (This post was last modified: February 13, 2010 at 12:34 pm by Purple Rabbit.)

(February 13, 2010 at 12:12 pm)Tiberius Wrote: The ability to write out infinitely long numbers is irrelevant if you (a) have an understanding of the word "infinity" and (b) have a notation system for such concepts. 1.999... means quite literally "1.999 with an infinite amount of repeating 9's".

I don't claim to have a supernatural authority...and I'm quite confused as to why you've brought it up.

Please go and re-read the thread if you want proofs.

I don't want mathematical proofs! I want evidence that mathematics is real at all since you claim that 1.999... IS 2. As if this has any significance in the natural world. First of all that would mean that numbers exist in the real world. What's your evidence for that? It looks you're off into the realms of the supernatural joining the theists in fabulation.

Now saddle up your evidence-based critical thinking horse and start delivering evidence.

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