What is the story of Pi?

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the human brain by and large remains a mystery .. it is fat suspended in liquid .. yet capable of so many great feats and equally horrible ones.. most of its feats are round the clock commands that the conscious mind isn't capable of understanding, the brain dictates and is responsible for maintaining and regulating most of the functions in our body and outside of that.. it is a sovereign and a slave...
 
Gossamer skye said:
the human brain by and large remains a mystery .. it is fat suspended in liquid .. yet capable of so many great feats and equally horrible ones.. most of its feats are round the clock commands that the conscious mind isn't capable of understanding, the brain dictates and is responsible for maintaining and regulating most of the functions in our body and outside of that.. it is a sovereign and a slave...
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Although much of the human brain is of a physical nature. There is an area that I can not find any biological explanation for, this is the realm of the abstract.

Volition

premeditation

imagination

curiosity

the concept of a concept


From a physical view there is no reason for them to be.
 
Greetings,

Thanks for the invitation to your thread, Skye. There've been a lot of interesting contributions so far. I don't have a lot to add, other than this:

Gossamer skye said:
would you agree in spite of the logic of math that it is birthed of our imagination?
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This is a crucial question in the philosophy of mathematics, which you can read about in the link. There does seem to be something about mathematics that is very intuitive; it seems to be a very basic part of the human condition. You can't go out into nature and find a 2, but at the same time it's hard to imagine not being able to understand the concept of what 2 means. It would be interesting to hear from anyone who teaches mathematics to small children. I wonder if they pick it up as easily as they usually pick up language when learning to talk?

Peace
 
czgibson said:
Greetings,

Thanks for the invitation to your thread, Skye. There've been a lot of interesting contributions so far. I don't have a lot to add, other than this:



This is a crucial question in the philosophy of mathematics, which you can read about in the link. There does seem to be something about mathematics that is very intuitive; it seems to be a very basic part of the human condition. You can't go out into nature and find a 2, but at the same time it's hard to imagine not being able to understand the concept of what 2 means. It would be interesting to hear from anyone who teaches mathematics to small children. I wonder if they pick it up as easily as they usually pick up language when learning to talk?

Peace
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Hi,
Well according to ontological nihilism, 2 doesn't exist, only 1 exists. And the things we define as 2 are actually just a 1 and another 1 that are close to one another. But they never come together to form a 2.
 
^ when I read the title, i thought this thread was about the book, but turned out it's about the number
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