The concept of odd and even is NOT a philosophical illusion

[Dookus]

dammit!

[RobertSeattle]

1. Prior thread on this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1058966

[Gothic Sponge]

3. Well, enough math..... i've got to deliver these sandwiches

;)

[RobertSeattle]

4. ...Or go act as pResident...

:evilgrin:

[Az]

2. Math as an abstract construct

Math is a concept that our minds have creatd as a means to try to understand the universe around us. It's utility comes from the fact that it appears to be a very accurate model of the universe around us. But due to the limitation of our ability to "know" the universe about us, math remains an abstract construct and entirely a creation of our minds.

The number 2 does not exist. Not in a concrete self identify manner. It is a concept we apply to sets which satisfy limits we have given as definitions. The fact that it is even is defined by us. The fact that creating these sets and defining them as we do is so amazingly useful for understanding the universe about us does not change the fact that they are illusory concepts created by our own rules.

[redqueen]

6. Well I guess that settles it, then. n/t

[skip fox]

8. Lovely post!

:toast:

[JVS]

11. We don't need the universe around us for math.

Math is the most extensive collection of truth that mankind has gathered. Whether it can be related to anything outside of itself is irrelevant.

[sniffa]

5. what about rock, paper, scissors?

[skip fox]

7. A piece on bad logic of even/odd, titled "One and only"

One is the most even of numbers. Nearly
all odd numbers are incomplete, awaiting
the addition or subtraction of another odd
number to come into their own, themselves at
last! stable, entire. The sole exception is one
which is more complete, more contained
even than the so-called even numbers, which,
lacking a notion of the whole, the solely
singular for the singleness, are destined to
fragment and decay. One, the most even and
inseparable of numbers, the definite article,
will outlast them all. Surely it must be so.

[xray s]

9. One is the lonliest number that you'll ever do

Two can be as bad as one, it's the loneliest number since the number one.

Once again Rock and Roll explains the universe.

[JVS]

10. A-Fucking-men.