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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 01:34 PM
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Without the square roots of negatives, you would not have electricity
So there. Nyah.

Now you know why math is so bloody important.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 01:36 PM
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1. sure you would
we just wouldn't be able to categorise it.

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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 01:40 PM
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2. It would be awkward to do the math
but it could be done. Look at what was accomplished with Roman Numerals. The distance from earth to moon was figured fairly accurately without decimal arithmetic.

Now special relativity, that would be impossible to do without imaginary numbers!
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AnarchoFreeThinker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 01:53 PM
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3. why do you hate our country?
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:15 PM
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4. Because I hate traditional family values.
:P
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AnarchoFreeThinker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 07:40 AM
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8. sounds traitorous (that part about negative square roots)
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:36 PM
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5. Would I still have chemistry?
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:40 PM
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7. YOU would, SOteric, since you have chemistry in spades.
:7

No one else would, though.
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:38 PM
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6. Mother Nature can't do math.
She's very right brained.
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