From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F341389F5 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 11:23:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E5B76E08E2; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 11:23:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF5BDE0841 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 11:23:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57B892EA1B8 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 07:23:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ugLZLel1pzWw for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 07:23:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (host-104-157-217-11.dyn.295.ca [104.157.217.11]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id C57D02EA0AD for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 07:23:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 04 Apr 2015 07:23:08 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 07:23:08 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer Message-ID: <20150404112308.GB1077@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <1478951.WCFfi6fabA@navi> <1655034.0iNOFofX7r@wstn> <20150404023130.695f6521@hal9000.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150404023130.695f6521@hal9000.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Archives-Salt: fd068dc8-8110-4fb9-94fa-7f21744c4f78 X-Archives-Hash: 0e78bcb91c2f754984af6d8d84c18cc0 150404 wabenbau@gmail.com wrote: > Mathematics is our basic tool to build these theories. > A fundamental question is whether the mathematical axioms exist "for real" > and we just discovered them or are they grounded by the functionality > of our mind/brain ? In the latter case, > it would probably be impossible for us to find "the answer" (42!;) Kant tried to investigate this in his Critique of Pure Reason. Aristotle also had some scattered observations on the subject. What a revelation about at least a minority of Gentoo users ! -- philosophers of science + math, besides well-trained physicists. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca