Why do we believe in math?

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

Yeah, you and I have similar conceptions of a plate, and we may find some edge-cases to argue over, but my sense of a plate and your sense of a plate are pretty close. The difficulty is when we try to definitively square-away plate-ness between each other.

What's quite funny to me is that whilst posting in this thread I was really drunk and I seemingly mostly made sense. I sent some text messages around the same time and they mostly didn't.

Originally Posted by CoccoBill

Language is a lossy compression algorithm for thought. Words are compressed thoughts rounded to something that most closely resembles the original.

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06-18-2017 02:08 AM #1
Savy View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries Join Date Jan 2013 Posts 3,926	Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla Yeah, you and I have similar conceptions of a plate, and we may find some edge-cases to argue over, but my sense of a plate and your sense of a plate are pretty close. The difficulty is when we try to definitively square-away plate-ness between each other. What's quite funny to me is that whilst posting in this thread I was really drunk and I seemingly mostly made sense. I sent some text messages around the same time and they mostly didn't. Originally Posted by CoccoBill Language is a lossy compression algorithm for thought. Words are compressed thoughts rounded to something that most closely resembles the original. I like this.
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06-18-2017 07:50 AM #2
a500lbgorilla View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries SPLENDID GUY Join Date Sep 2004 Posts 28,082 Location himself fucker.	Originally Posted by Savy I like this. Me too.

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