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15989944 No.15989944 [Reply] [Original]

So we do believe that reality is mathematically platonic, right? Look at the circle for example. Objects which are circular in nature tend towards the ideal "circle," which is exactly 2*pi*r in its circumference.

>> No.15989955

>circle beats moon
>moon beats brain
>brain beats circle
was this the classical greek version of rock paper scissors?

>> No.15989957

>>15989944
>Objects which are circular in nature tend towards the ideal "circle"
What do you mean "tend towards the ideal circle"? They become and more circular over time?

>> No.15989963

>>15989957
No, the more "circular" an object is, the more it tends towards a representation of a "pure" circle.

>> No.15989988

>>15989963
That sounds tautological

>> No.15990015

>>15989963
What is the least circular object?

>> No.15990028
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15990028

Depends on what you mean by reality. I think the best view is that there is a physical world and a platonic world. The platonic world is defined as the world of abstract computer programs, the same place that the number “pi” lives, and the idealized perfect geometrical circle, and human souls.

The physical world is then able to manifest things from the platonic world wherever computer programs show up in the real world. Like the computer program that computes digits of pi is manifesting an approximation of pi somehow in the physical world. Or human souls, which are really really big computer programs.

In this view, which I think is right, pic-related is obviously wrong and not how it works. Souls live in plato's realm, and are not part of the physical world except where the physical computation is big enough to manifest one.

>> No.15990082

>>15990028
>muh computer programs
Cringe redditors should be disqualified from talking about philosophy.

>> No.15990185

>>15990082
you're confused. it's redditors that think philosophy isn't a retarded waste of time, and who believe things like that pic

you're just mad that I have the correct view, and you have the reddit view

>> No.15990199

>>15989944
Plato was a literal dirty homo erectus caveman retard