| What's the point, Euclid? |
| Adapted for the Internet from: Why God Doesn't Exist |
- Summary
The point is the simplest architecture in Geometry and has been around for thousands of years. That's why
it is absolutely beyond comprehension when a mathematician confesses that he has no idea what a point
is. Every mathematical physicist repeats the mantra that he has been taught by rote in college: the word
point is ultimately undefinable and should remain primitive (i.e., undefined). Otherwise, the argument goes,
we would wind up with circular definitions.
Actually, the reverse is true. The contemporary mathematician engages in endless discussions and has
failed to establish solid geometric foundations because he either can't or refuses to define his key
terminology. It is not that we don't know what a point is. The problem is that the mathematicians attempt
to use several definitions during their dissertations. This is a violation of the scientific method, which
demands that strategic definitions be used consistently. If we held a mathematician to any definition of his
choice, he would not be able to build his theories upon it. Therefore, it is understandable that he would
motion the Court to relieve him of the scientific duty to define the versatile point.
Even worse, the morons of Mathematics attempt to do Geometry with abstract concepts. The infamous
point of Mathematics lacks the one property that would allow it to be used in Geometry and in Physics:
shape. The point is not a dot, but a location. The idiots at the Lunatic Asylum of Mathematics go through
the motions of constructing geometric figures with this abstract 'brick'. Very funny actually!
- Module main page: Mathematics is not the language of Physics
This page: What's the point, Euclid?
Pages in this module:
- 1. The primitive point
2. Euclid's 'no part' point
3. The infinitesimal point
4. The ordered pair point
5. The node point
6. The center-of-mass point
7. The 'element of a set' point
| A point is really a location, Bill. In Mathematics, we kill the hours moving locations from one location to the next. |
| But that’s a dot! That’s a pictorial representation of a point. |
| I was taught in school that a point looks like this. |
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