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I don't think we can deconstruct Platonism, but we don't have to accept it either it's just part of philosophy. If Plato hadn't come up with it, someo...
October 01, 2016 at 21:23
I already know about Hilbert's hotel etc. What is your point again, there doesn't seem to be one?
October 01, 2016 at 20:56
Ok let's try the odd and even numbers and see where that takes us. Odd numbers = even numbers = odd and even numbers = ( odd numbers and even numbers ...
October 01, 2016 at 15:58
Are you not able to discuss a simple hypothetical, such as the grains of sand I described? I know it is probably an impossibility in physical reality,...
October 01, 2016 at 13:28
Yes you raise a good point about Aliens interfering with us is some way. But we would only be likely to trip them up if they are very prolific through...
October 01, 2016 at 13:19
Who said it was finite? I am discussing a hypothetical situation, in which there is sufficient space. Nice idea, but that is a mathematical form, we a...
October 01, 2016 at 07:27
I was going to say something along those lines, but thought it was to hedonistic for such a polite audience.
October 01, 2016 at 07:19
I was thinking of a notional infinite quantity of grains of sand. Or do you think there cannot be and infinite quantity of anything, even hypothetical...
September 30, 2016 at 15:34
Yes he's right, also about what he said recently about A.I. We will have to go into space, or at least colonise a neighbouring planet. Hopefully we wi...
September 30, 2016 at 15:26
Yes I understand this(although I'm not a mathematician), I dont see a cardinality though in the grains of sand. Unless the set of all grains of sand (...
September 30, 2016 at 11:18
Yes, perhaps if each grain is infinitely small, then they would fit on the head of a pin;)
September 30, 2016 at 09:51
Yes, but numbers are ideas, so susceptible to human frailty. An alien, or a monkey, can count the grains of sand and can only come to the same conclus...
September 30, 2016 at 09:48
Can this number be counted? Also, I am aware how many grains there are; blue grains = green grains = green plus blue grains = (green plus blue grains ...
September 30, 2016 at 09:44
Yes, Russia seems to be going into a dark place at the moment.
September 30, 2016 at 07:01
Well can't say what would have happened, but the U.S. would probably have got stuck in Syria and would have been accused of waging war on a legitimate...
September 30, 2016 at 06:58
My first thought was that Veritas represented fire, which represented pain.
September 30, 2016 at 06:29
Yes, Paul Klee was a big influence at one point, this was before I had learnt to paint. I wasn't going to let that hold me back from being creative. I...
September 30, 2016 at 06:26
Yes I get that, but the fact that it is undefined is not really saying anything about things that might exist. The use of undefined in this maths seem...
September 30, 2016 at 06:16
I wouldn't be surprised if Deutsche Bank is hiding a gaping casm somewhere with the German paranoia.
September 29, 2016 at 21:51
l am not a mathematician, so can't get involved in discussing equations. However I don't see the necessity when considering infinity. You say an "inde...
September 29, 2016 at 21:35
Regarding the Hilbert's hotel illustration. It occurs to me that infinity - infinity = infinity. I say this because the Hindus define Brahman as that ...
September 29, 2016 at 10:43
Yes I'm sure there are some important things to be found out as yet. For me the area of interest is in divine geometry. I have developed some concepts...
September 29, 2016 at 10:38
Yes, 2D abstract ideas around concepts of skin/membrane/change.
September 29, 2016 at 06:07
Thanks, I don't seem to have much time for reading at the moment. To much time spent painting, or restoring my house.
September 29, 2016 at 05:59
Interesting, I do play with the idea of an actual infinity from time to time, it always ends with with some kind of fractal. Although when I contempla...
September 29, 2016 at 05:56
Well I don't know what his reasoning was for pulling back from the conflict, but in hindsight it looks to have been a good call. As to whether the U.S...
September 28, 2016 at 15:25
I love Japanese gardens! I happened upon an interesting Australian artists the other day, Sydney Long, I'm already drawing inspiration from his work.
September 28, 2016 at 11:09
Some of my abstract pieces. https://s5.postimg.org/bzl21ml07/image.jpg https://s5.postimg.org/c0uzv1mtz/image.jpg
September 28, 2016 at 11:04
This is simple enough, one is simply required to accept that "Platonia", or number, is appealing to the conception of mental or abstract forms which h...
September 28, 2016 at 10:17
As I see it what the OP is thinking of is not whether idealism or realism is indicated, or supported. But rather the possibility that we, the personal...
September 28, 2016 at 06:21
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't!
September 27, 2016 at 15:28
As I see it trump just needs to stay on his feet to win a good vote, but I doubt it will be enough, or that he can swing enough undecided voters over....
September 27, 2016 at 13:03
The Raj was far from perfect, or fair. But what Russia is doing in Syria today, this week is far more destructive. It's going to top the atrocities in...
September 27, 2016 at 12:53
It occurs to me that God would have to follow the rules on this one. I don't know what the implications are for so called omniscience.
September 27, 2016 at 06:40
That was an early painting it didn't turn out as I intended, apart from that it is a nice painting. I should do it again and it should turn out right ...
September 27, 2016 at 06:28
Oh, my images have disappeared, I'll try and get them back. The've mysteriously returned.
September 27, 2016 at 06:15
Yes I know the extent of the chaos. I wouldn't stress the proxy war to much though. It might be going on in some level within the respective armies of...
September 26, 2016 at 13:00
In: Mysticism  — view comment
Oops! I didn't intend to put the cybosh on the thread. I will discuss the war in the thread on the Third World War in the politics section.
September 26, 2016 at 12:32
Nice, I used to do doodle art, very enjoyable. Also it developed into abstract art for me.i'll fish some out.
September 26, 2016 at 11:08
I actually largely agree with your position, but I don't render the unknown reality as unrecognisable, unintelligible, or effectively meaningless. Thi...
September 26, 2016 at 11:05
Nice, do you plan it out, draw it spontaneously, or is it more like a doodle?
September 26, 2016 at 08:43
Aldeburgh in a squallhttp://s5.postimg.org/pqy7oev9z/image.jpg
September 26, 2016 at 08:41
Saw a nice bird rabbit the other day.http://s5.postimg.org/nik172o5z/image.jpg
September 26, 2016 at 08:39
I have had similar experiences, when I was a teenager I became fascinated by dreams, I studied dream interpretation, tried to cultivate lucid dreaming...
September 26, 2016 at 06:26
I really like your abstract and impressionist works, Archie, semiosis and topos. I think you've got something there. I must say, I was struck with the...
September 25, 2016 at 13:43
In: Mysticism  — view comment
Here's one of my favourite Portishead tracks, Roads. A suitable prayer for those suffering in Syria right now. http://youtu.be/Vg1jyL3cr60
September 24, 2016 at 12:09
It's hotting up in Aleppo now, this means that The Russians are getting irrefutably involved in a genocide, I hope the reaction around the world is no...
September 24, 2016 at 11:17
Well done Jeremy Corbyn! I don't want to be a party pooper but I just want to ask people to spare a thought and a prayer for the people of Aleppo who ...
September 24, 2016 at 11:13
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I just want to say a word for the people of Aleppo who are literally experiencing hell right now. There are news reports that as of this morning there...
September 24, 2016 at 10:26
Yes they sell for reasonable money, the following painting took about 4 hrs and sold for £200 the other day, to a friend, if I had put it in a gallery...
September 24, 2016 at 10:04