Protheory and mathematics

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Protheory and mathematics

atalhuallpa – ‘Protheory and mathematics’

Is the statement “1+1=2” positive, negative or neutral? I think it is positive, not negative, and not neutral

TriPower – ‘Re: Protheory and mathematics’

That ‘positive” observation is from your perspective but from other perspectives could be different. In binary code it is Negative/false because 1 + 1 → 0, carry 1 (since 1 + 1 = 0 + 1 Ã? 10 in binary) and to the average 2 year old it is truth Neutral i.e not true (can’t understand the math to determine) but not false either (can’t understand the math to determine) so truth is indeterminate/neutral value.

TriPower’ – ‘Re: Protheory and mathematics’

Thought I’d also include this example from cell fertilization where 1+1=1 Fertilization in vertebrates is, of course, the union of two haploid gametes to reconstitute a diploid cell – a cell with the potential to become a new individual.

atalhuallpa – ‘Re: Protheory and mathematics’

This is wrong; you are confusing semantics and syntax. 1+1=2 in whatever base you work in. only the symbols you write are different. As for the second point, “not understanding” is irrelevant to the truth of a statement. for example, if someone believes that they can cut off their own head without dying, does not make this “true false and neutral”; it is still singularly false. From cell fertilization where 1+1=1 this invalid logic because cells are not numbers. The statement 1+1=2 refers only to numbers and is true, not false, and not neutral.

TriPower – ‘Re: Protheory and mathematics’

In Protheory, no matter how absurd the statement seems, it is considered to have one of three potential truth values: The statement can be potentially either TRUE, FALSE or NEUTRAL. Protheory is not saying there is a potential to survive a decapitated head…it is saying that the statement is potentially a TRUE, FALSE or NEUTRAL statement. I think we are unanimous in saying the statement is FALSE in this case.

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