Is there a way to refute '1+1 = 2'?
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The number two is an abstraction of exactly what? If you wish to apply the term abstraction to economics, then consider the abstraction of labor-value earned into its money-form.Fan of Science wrote:That's nonsense. The number 2 is an abstraction, as all mathematical objects are. Being ignorant of the meaning of these mathematical abstractions does not in any way undermine them. It simply means you have not taken the time to learn mathematics before commenting. It's not just math that has this level of abstraction, so do other subjects, like economics. As an example, the amount listed in your bank account is not a reference to any specific, unique, set of dollar bills.
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I've always conceptualised the number two as an abstraction of polar-opposites on a spectrum.Synthesis wrote:The number two is an abstraction of exactly what?
Day and Night
Hot and Cold
Up and Down
Although these things may be unified in reality (all is one), we conceptualise them as two different things to compare, contrast and show the variety within the spectrum.
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Re: Is there a way to refute '1+1 = 2'?
1, 2, 3,...
Let the symbols be different
2, 1, 4, 3, 6...
then 2 + 2 = 1, and 1 + 1 = 3
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I was writing in binary, what are you doing?
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Re: Is there a way to refute '1+1 = 2'?
There is no such a thing as '1+1 = 2' in physical world. In physical world one can say '1 apple + 1 apple = 2 apples' which I doubt is true since not all apples are the same.
In Algebra it is true by the way of constructing integer numbers. Still in Math but outside Algebra the statement is not necessarily true. Look at Banach-Tarski paradox that basically states '1+1 = 1' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach%E2 ... ki_paradox
So, it is a very narrow area where '1+1 = 2' is true and that area is Algebra that doesn't cover the whole Math. And Math is not everything. So I would say that probability that '1+1 = 2' is true is very negligible and almost zero.
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