Uncovering the Truth: The Power of Questioning Your Certainty

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The discussion revolves around the nature of certainty and knowledge, questioning whether complete certainty equates to complete knowledge. Participants explore personal experiences of certainty, particularly in challenging situations, and the paradox of feeling certain at one moment but questioning that certainty later. They argue that certainty can be subjective and that one can be sure of specific facts, like identifying a rock, without having complete knowledge about its composition or origin. The conversation also touches on the relationship between brain chemistry and emotions, suggesting that both influence human experience. A significant part of the dialogue involves the concept of zero, debating its existence and implications in mathematics and reality. Ultimately, the discussion highlights the complexities of certainty, knowledge, and the limitations of human understanding.
  • #31
I'm not a mathematician, and I don't know. What I do know is that you will never put anything into zero groups, no matter how you try to argue out of it. You will never do it, and you can never do it.
 
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  • #32
Yes I am...

loseyourname said:
Are you trying to say a group of zero rocks can have a physical existence? I am still certain that it can't.

Heck, expand the horizon and take out all number symbols. Put any amount of anything nowhere. You can't do it. Of that I am certain, if only because of the non-existence of nowhere.

How do you know that a group of zero rocks cannot have a physical existence? Don't you get it my point is that you have not seen that zero does or does not exist... whether or not your reasoning and background have taught you what you think! I'm saying sure your certain that it cannot exist to YOUR limited knowledge but... in simple terms... prove it...

As a matter of fact if you do I will give you a group of 0/$1,000,000 which will be much use to you, since you will be able to see it you should be able to convert it into existing money with your obviously awesome power in maths...
 
  • #33
the only thing that i don't know is what i can't predict;what will happen the next second?...i honestly don't know.
 
  • #34
You're missing the point, Odin. If my knowledge is limited, then I can still be certain that I don't know. That was the question being addressed.
 

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