Old european mathematics had no zero, and also no 10 because of no zero. 123456789, 123456789.
Things numerical must have been difficult to work out back then, probably only done by learned scribes and notaries; and also probably top secret unless you were in the guild.
You can't put zero in your pocket, but if you do have money or anything valuable in your pockets, government corporations and banks can leave zero in your pockets.
You can leave zero but you can not put zero, funny that.
Minus zero means nothing, but minus infinity is a conumdrum. If infinity exists and you take it all away, do you have zero, or nothing or void ?
Tom I also liked your caveman bob tales. Makes sense, and entertaining.
There is a group of 'nuns' called (I think) the sisters of perpetual indulgence, or something like that; sounds like a good place to start our new religion.
I'll pray for a sister to indulge with; Obviously not my sister - yuk.
We could make effigies of unseeable entities to bamboozle the acolytes. I do like wine, and bread, but they are taken so how about bourbon and steak. And put some whoopee weed in the incenser.
Everyone would come whether they believed or not. I'd spare a couple of hours a week at least, to commune with the spirit ! Haleluja !
The big bang just means that 'god'?? should have pulled the choke out a bit more and given it another shot !!
You bring up an interesting point re:numbers. You are likely aware then, that Leonardo Bigollo Fibonacci introduced numerals 1-9 to Europe in the 12th century. He obtained them from North Africa who, in turn, obtained them from India.(cf. Secrets of the Great Pyramid, Tomkins, Peter 1971, pg. 192). He is ascribed to have 'created' the Fibonacci series which results in the Golden Mean, or Ratio, or Section.
However, the Egyptians (and other earlier civilizations) used the Ratio in their architecture and mathematics. So, presumably, he was just stating known facts.
The above mentioned book also features an 105 pg. appendix (Notes on the Relation of Ancient Measures to the Great Pyramid) by Livius Catullo Stecchini which is a most interesting read, opening many doors of understanding the Ancients' viewpoint of science, specifically, cosmology and concomitantly, religion.—IM
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IMFrisson
on Fri 06/01/18 10:49 AM