The Virgin Birth of Points
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From: Lester Zick on 3 Dec 2007 17:56 On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:20:49 -0800 (PST), Ace0f_5pades <m4deep_(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >It's ok, but that blah blah has a bit of umph behind it. > >AND I still don't believe your selfestimation. HAGL, peace. Freedom of religion being what it is, you're entitled to your beliefs and faith based mathematics. ~v~~
From: Lester Zick on 4 Dec 2007 12:51 On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:13:36 -0800 (PST), Randy Poe <poespam-trap(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> No you're showing us what you think a predicate is without being able >> to demonstrate the truth of what you claim. >> >> > If it were a predicate, it would act >> >like a predicate. >> >> I claimed a definition is a combination of predicates. > >Yes, and I claim you're wrong. Definitions are substitutions >of shorter words or phrases for longer ones. And the longer ones are various predicates in combinations. No one claims the shorthand itself is true or false, only the combinations of various predicates represented by the shorthand. ~v~~
From: Lester Zick on 4 Dec 2007 12:52 On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:13:36 -0800 (PST), Randy Poe <poespam-trap(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >But then you don't consider obfuscation unnecessary, >do you? I consider you unnecessary. ~v~~
From: Lester Zick on 4 Dec 2007 12:55 On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:10:50 -0800 (PST), Randy Poe <poespam-trap(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >I'm not going to say something meaningless like "the definition >> >is true" since definitions are just shorthand, not things >> >which are true or false. >> >> So "squircles are square circles" is not a definition? > >Why yes it is. You just told me that "squircles" is >a shorthand for "square circles". See how that works? Yes indeedy. "Squircles" is shorthand for the predicate combination "square circles". And you just admitted "squircles are square circles" is a definition. See how that works? ~v~~
From: Lester Zick on 4 Dec 2007 12:57
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:10:50 -0800 (PST), Randy Poe <poespam-trap(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> Oh I remember >> now, you just told me definitions are just shorthand and shorthand >> can't be true or false. > >No, it's not true or false. It's just telling me >your code, what you will mean when you write "squircles". And what I will mean when I write the code "squircles" is the predicate combination "square circles". ~v~~ |