Louis Ingenthron on Nostr: npub1kpwlx…xxzz4 In none of those examples are you doing integer addition. The ...
npub1kpwlxpzkxfmuxjmzc2wp3rf9vjg0sgydmlhsnrgqr3maf59h86qqdxxzz4 (npub1kpw…xzz4) In none of those examples are you doing integer addition.
The first two examples are collision, not addition. The third is procreation, not addition.
One electron added to one positron is two physical things... until they collide, which kicks off annihilation (which is also not addition).
For water, your quantity is not "1", but rather "blob". So, yes, blob+blob=blob, but none of those are integers. When they combine, it's not the math that changes, but rather the means by which you measure it. In different units, such as one gallon plus one gallon, the math holds true.
These universal truths I describe are often incredibly narrowly defined, by necessity. I believe very few things are truly absolute, but there are a few.
The first two examples are collision, not addition. The third is procreation, not addition.
One electron added to one positron is two physical things... until they collide, which kicks off annihilation (which is also not addition).
For water, your quantity is not "1", but rather "blob". So, yes, blob+blob=blob, but none of those are integers. When they combine, it's not the math that changes, but rather the means by which you measure it. In different units, such as one gallon plus one gallon, the math holds true.
These universal truths I describe are often incredibly narrowly defined, by necessity. I believe very few things are truly absolute, but there are a few.