Moses was high on drugs: Israeli researcher

Alberto Monteiro albmont at centroin.com.br
Thu Mar 6 03:42:55 PST 2008


David Hobby wrote:
>
> Before I attempt a definition, tell me:  Are mathematical
> objects "real"?  (Say the square roots of -1.)
> 
Of course not. _i_ is not real. -1 is not real (in the mundane
sense of real). pi is not real. 10^10^100 is not real. 
sqrt(2) is not real. 7/4 is not real. 0 is not real. 
1,3,4,5, etc are not real.

I am not sure about 2.

Alberto Monteiro



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