Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] natural rights Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:10:44 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 01:09:00 -0400, Robert Goodman wrote: >=A0"Blay Tarnoff" =A0asked: > >=A0>=A0What about geometry? =A0Do you call that an "invention", too? > >=A0Philosophers argue about this one. =A0I'm of the opinion that all= of math >=A0is an invention, not a discovery. Mathematics is discovery , as are lots of inventions . Mathematical truths are immutable absolutes . While many= concepts are constructed to flesh out lacunae in previously discovered= relationships , for instance , negative numbers , man has no control over the nature or rules of those constructions . 0 =3D 1 + e ^ i pi is mystical in mass of reality it ties together . Despite the famous effort by the Indiana legislature a century= ago , Pi remains transcendental . -- =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Ultimate Computing Environment : =A0http://cosy.com/K/CoSy.htm A WTC vision : http://cosy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/04/18 6:40:33 PM