[extropy-chat] HISTORY: Solved & Unsolved Riddles

[R.Coyote]

Zero is not  nothingness !=

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett Paatsch" <bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au>
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Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] HISTORY: Solved & Unsolved Riddles


> 
> Mike Lorrey writes:
> 
> > ... There is no real absolute zero, there is no true vacuum, there is
> > no nothingness. Zero is a modern fiction to  deal with double entry 
> > book-keeping and avoiding the tax man. 
> 
> Mike what about in coordinate geometry (for one example). What is
> the midpoint between -1 and +1 ?  What have you got against
> coordinate geometry?
> 
> What about arithmetic? If you have $1 and you give it or exchange it
> for $1 worth of product form me how many dollars do you have left? 
> 
> Regards,
> Brett
> 
> 
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