Our most basic assumptions could be a deception.
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Our most basic assumptions could be a deception.
Something seems suspicious.
Discuss.
This is the point where I say nothing of value at all just so I can get around "too few words". I have to write even more because I still haven't written enough words. Perhaps this will do it.
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Re: Our most basic assumptions could be a deception.
This is the force of error that originates from an improper use of language.
Logic says that 2 wrong premises/assumptions can still yield a true conclusion
If Elizabeth Taylor is president of the United States, then Elizabeth Taylor must be younger than 35. Elizabeth Taylor is president of the United States. So, Elizabeth Taylor must be younger than 35
So I say 'so what?" nobody lives on assumptions but on conclusions
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Re: Our most basic assumptions could be a deception.
That was the prevailing mentality in mathematics towards the end of the 19th C. But then a number of mathematicians - Russell, Frege, Cantor, Dedekind and others - realised that mathematics was well on the way to becoming a castle of ******** in the air, unless its basic assumptions could be clarified and justified. One outcome of their work was set theory, which is the foundation of all of mathematics today, and provides almost all of its basic assumptions.
Obviously, any conclusion based on the assumption that Elizabeth Taylor is president will be ********. That is precisely why initial assumptions are so important.
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Re: Our most basic assumptions could be a deception.
Political Correctness, meaning courtesy and politeness? Seems good to me. [Even though I am given to the odd "*****" here and there.]Alan Masterman wrote: ↑March 20th, 2023, 10:33 am I had not realised that the standards of PC were so strict on this forum.
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