Quentin, about those darn numbers:
Although I am not FOR their omnipotence/science and
have some reservations - as I explained partially -
I have a different notion HOW "a number" can "mean"
whatever.
*
Older members who still went to libraries (before the
computer only generation <G>) may remember the still
existing "decimal" system to organize library-stuff
(and anything else). It had basic topics in a decimal
form, where the fractional part identified the detail,
then with additions in (-), /, :, [-], and
+,-,_,=,etc. you name it, ALL connotations, details,
relations and peculiarities could be specified and
included into THAT "NUMBER" (sometimes pretty long).
This was a primitive way and I am sure the
number-lover members of this list know better, but for
starters this could be a hint how numbers can 'mean'
something.
Sorry to support the enemy
John M
--- Quentin Anciaux <quentin.anciaux.domain.name.hidden>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Le Lundi 13 Mars 2006 14:23, peterdjones.domain.name.hidden a
> �crit�:
> > Quentin Anciaux wrote:
> > > But whatever you do with numbers can be encoding
> with numbers, as such
> > > assuming platonic existence, numbers are the
> only requirements, because
> > > operation on them, discourse about them,
> description on them are numbers
> > > too.
> >
> > Hmm. You can hardly claim that the meaning is
> intrinsic to the number.
> > Does "2" mean "red", "mammal", "male" or what ? It
> could be mean
> > anything in a given coding scheme.
>
> I agree, but the coding scheme is also a number.
> The coding scheme is the instruction set of a turing
> machine, which is also a
> number... I'm stuck ;)
>
> Quentin
>
>
>
>
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