Quote (thesnipa @ Sep 27 2016 02:57am)
0, 1, 2, and 3 are numbers that the simple mind can understand regardless of notation. All you need to see that is a child eating a pack of skittles.
The ignorant mind tends to have problems with numbers over that but even the simple mind can understand small numbers regardless of them knowing the notation.
Are you mixing up posts or something, i haven't even remotely said this. I said it seems logical that a human COULD, not that he DID, synthesize high levels of math naturally.
Its obvious that 99.999% of people learn all of their math from other people, there are very few original thinkers. What the discussion is, is whether or not someone COULD synthesize high level math only using the power of a human brain, to which i counter they COULD, so we don't inherently have to look for another source for the knowledge. Whereas if it were impossible we'd have to ask inherently, rather than at out own discretion, how that indian boy got that smart.
For the record I believe i've said that aliens could have given us math/tech like 5 times in this very thread.
you would say "I think, therefore I thought of it."
I would say "I think, but who made me think that?"
Are all of your thoughts 100% all your own? What if they are just 99.99%, close enough right?