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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 03:28:46 2020 No.11756811 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11756822 >>11756825 >>11756847 >>11756851 >>11757203 >>11757205 >>11757248 >>11757289 >>11757416

If you're so smart, can you explain why numbers exist?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 03:34:25 No.11756822 Report

Quoted By: >>11756894 >>11757367

>>11756811
They don't. We invented them to help us make sense of reality.

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 03:35:45 No.11756825 Report

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>>11756811
the very meaning of belief is subjective, they'll read my book some day

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 03:44:12 No.11756847 Report

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>>11756811
Numbers exist so I can count how many frens I have. So far I'm at zero.

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 03:45:53 No.11756851 Report

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>>11756811
Because the laws of physics are such that discrete objects can exist that have properties that resemble those of the Peano axioms

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 03:47:48 No.11756859 Report

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>>11756851
Why do laws of physics exist?

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 04:01:14 No.11756894 Report

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>>11756822
fpbp

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 06:29:00 No.11757203 Report

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>>11756811
As soon as you define what does it mean for numbers to 'exist'.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 06:30:22 No.11757205 Report

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>>11756811
The only number that exists is 1

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 06:33:39 No.11757209 Report

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>>11757205
You're wrong, only $\pi^e$ exists. I've met him.

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 06:37:59 No.11757217 Report

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>>11757209
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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 06:54:53 No.11757248 Report

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>>11756811
>If you're so smart, can you explain why numbers exist?

so we can count things.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 07:02:07 No.11757260 Report

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Existence/nonexistence is one of the ways in which we come to an understanding of reality. In other words, it doesn't really matter whether numbers exist or not.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 07:26:59 No.11757289 Report

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>>11756811
Because I can think/reason about them in my mind.

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 07:28:19 No.11757291 Report

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>>11756847
Jesus anon...

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 08:24:33 No.11757367 Report

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>>11756822
that's fucking retarded, get >>>/out/

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 09:07:08 No.11757416 Report

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>>11756811
They don't. Numbers are a social construct, a kind of a language made up by humans to name specific observable things to better understand them and their interactions. Also, quantum experiments show there is no such a thing as objective reality.

1. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613092/a-quantum-experiment-suggests-theres-no-such-thing-as-objective-reality/
2. https://futurism.com/quantum-physics-experiment-reality-objective
3. https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/objective-reality
4. https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/03/quantum-physics-experiment-suggests-a-shared-objective-reality-doesnt-exist/

Long-story-short: There is no objective "reality". Do you realize scientific implications of this? They are staggering.

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