CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoWhat did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?message-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoThat truth is absolute. It’s very much subjective. Much in the way right and wrong are subjective. Life is complicated and things don’t fit into perfect little boxes.
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoExcept when it comes to Math. Math is absolute, as long as you ignore statistics.
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoGotta ignore infinities too. The axioms they’re based on are highly controversial.
minus-squaresunbeam60@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoAnd irrational imaginary numbers. I mean the numbers make sense, but it’s not like we can intuitively understand sqrt(-1).
That truth is absolute. It’s very much subjective. Much in the way right and wrong are subjective.
Life is complicated and things don’t fit into perfect little boxes.
Except when it comes to Math. Math is absolute, as long as you ignore statistics.
Gotta ignore infinities too. The axioms they’re based on are highly controversial.
And
irrationalimaginary numbers. I mean the numbers make sense, but it’s not like we can intuitively understand sqrt(-1).