tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post115644590813823444..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Time to buy another book...Darwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1156535843836064642006-08-25T15:57:00.000-04:002006-08-25T15:57:00.000-04:00I was about to question you intensely about the sq...I was about to question you intensely about the square root of two, but suddenly I had a flash of insight: multiplication is not addition! This is elementary to you and to everyone else, but it just clicked with me. I wish I had someone more knowledgeable to walk me through this stuff and to shake me out of my lazy thinking.mrsdarwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446744635277205867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1156487409927939412006-08-25T02:30:00.000-04:002006-08-25T02:30:00.000-04:00(fails to restrain self)But the square root of two...(fails to restrain self)<BR/><BR/>But the square root of two is a perfectly good number! You can see it! Draw a 1x1 square; the diagonal measures √2!<BR/><BR/>Now <EM>imaginary</EM> numbers, those are more mystical.<BR/><BR/>I'm really glad you're seeing it as interesting. I think it's just amazing how complicated the working out of simple rules can become. It really reminds me of the way that, even though God is philosophically simple, one never exhausts His depths, never runs out of new and staggering understandings of Him, never completes the knowledge of Him.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04633871907076984715noreply@blogger.com