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2021-10-27 at 2:18 AM UTC in What are you doing at the moment
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2021-10-27 at 2:13 AM UTC in Do circles objectively exist?
Originally posted by Lanny What is a circle by geometric definition? A set of all points that are equidistant from a center point? If so then sure, no physical circles because sets of points aren't physical objects, they're mathematical objects. They do seem pretty objective.
Couldn't you call this the result of an intersubjective convenience we have developed to describe things we see in the world? Certainly the understanding of a circle as a concept existed before the concept of formalized geometry at all. We invented the wheel before we invented geometry. The geometric concept of a circle was constructed as a way to describe things we saw in the world that fit closely enough to fall into particular categories.So I guess it boils down to if "having a physical instantiation" is necessary for existence, but that's not how I use the word "exists", and would include non-physical things in "things that exist".
So yeah, hinges on the meaning of "exist", but I think you'd have a hard time saying circles don't exist according to the way we typically use the word "exist" in general, or specifically in mathematics (where "exist" has a technical meaning by which circles very much do exist)
Do you think it's possible that the idea of non physical things existing could be an illusion? -
2021-10-27 at 1:06 AM UTC in What are you doing at the moment
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2021-10-27 at 1:05 AM UTC in What are you doing at the moment
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2021-10-27 at 1:01 AM UTC in How many 5 year olds could you defeat with your bare hands?
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2021-10-27 at 12:54 AM UTC in Do circles objectively exist?
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2021-10-27 at 12:08 AM UTC in Do circles objectively exist?
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2021-10-27 at 12:07 AM UTC in Space Nigga MeetupNo one cares loser
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2021-10-27 at 12:06 AM UTC in How many 5 year olds could you defeat with your bare hands?In this version of the game, you dropped into a large square featureless room with your stated number of 5 year olds all standing around the walls.
When the whistle blows, they all attack you.
How many 5 year olds can you successfully beat in this scenario? -
2021-10-26 at 11:49 PM UTC in Do circles objectively exist?
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2021-10-26 at 11:47 PM UTC in I'm taking the plunge.
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2021-10-26 at 10:17 PM UTC in Do circles objectively exist?
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2021-10-26 at 10:09 PM UTC in Do circles objectively exist?Annulingus cloud
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2021-10-26 at 9:55 PM UTC in Do circles objectively exist?Ah I could help you out with your argument here. I hate when this happens. You are so close to finding the right... "Thing"... To argue the point with.
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2021-10-26 at 9:54 PM UTC in Do circles objectively exist?
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2021-10-26 at 9:51 PM UTC in What are you doing at the moment
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2021-10-26 at 9:49 PM UTC in What are you doing at the momentFinny mentally impregnated him.
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2021-10-26 at 9:48 PM UTC in Do circles objectively exist?
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2021-10-26 at 9:48 PM UTC in Do circles objectively exist?
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2021-10-26 at 9:46 PM UTC in Do circles objectively exist?