queston for Atheist?

[1over137]

I think you need to buy a book of idioms of the English language.

One day I will compose poem from idioms

[Philip]

Or a book on bad puns ...

[Danieltwotwenty]

I think you need to buy a book of idioms of the English language.

One day I will compose poem from idioms

It's ok Hana these sorts of "jokes" usually go over my head too.

[Furstentum Liechtenstein]

Why is there something rather then nothing?

I asked an atheist friend this question. His answer went something like this: ''0¹=1, or, nothing to the power of 1 equals potential.'' What do I know? Am I a mathematician? This atheist went to the Sorbonne.

F&L

[1over137]

Why is there something rather then nothing?

I asked an atheist friend this question. His answer went something like this: ''0¹=1, or, nothing to the power of 1 equals potential.'' What do I know? Am I a mathematician? This atheist went to the Sorbonne.

F&L

He probably said 0⁰ = 1. http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/ffiles/10005.3-5.shtml

[Byblos]

Why is there something rather then nothing?

I asked an atheist friend this question. His answer went something like this: ''0¹=1, or, nothing to the power of 1 equals potential.'' What do I know? Am I a mathematician? This atheist went to the Sorbonne.

F&L

He probably said 0⁰ = 1. http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/ffiles/10005.3-5.shtml

Yes. And of course the answer to 0⁰ is most certainly NOT = 1, it is undefined (indeterminate). It is the same as division by zero (basic arithmetic).

[Byblos]

Yes. And of course the answer to 0⁰ is most certainly NOT = 1, it is undefined (indeterminate). It is the same as division by zero (basic arithmetic).

But here's a curve ball, not all division by zero is indeterminate, in some very specific cases a value can be assumed (though not actually computed).

[Furstentum Liechtenstein]

He probably said 0⁰ = 1. http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/ffiles/10005.3-5.shtml

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Yes. And of course the answer to 0⁰ is most certainly NOT = 1, it is undefined (indeterminate). It is the same as division by zero (basic arithmetic).

He probably said 1⁰ now that I think of it...because that work better with what I remember him saying afterwards,

''0¹=1, or, nothing to the power of 1 equals potential.''

...although he must have said, ''Potential to the power of zero = 1'' (x⁰=1) He then went into a monologue where he tried to explain his idea but my eyes must have glazed over because I don't remember anything else.

Anyway...is his idea worth anything? It sounded like Soviet accounting to me.

F&L

[Byblos]

He probably said 0⁰ = 1. http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/ffiles/10005.3-5.shtml

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Yes. And of course the answer to 0⁰ is most certainly NOT = 1, it is undefined (indeterminate). It is the same as division by zero (basic arithmetic).

He probably said 1⁰ now that I think of it...because that work better with what I remember him saying afterwards,

''0¹=1, or, nothing to the power of 1 equals potential.''

...although he must have said, ''Potential to the power of zero = 1'' (x⁰=1) He then went into a monologue where he tried to explain his idea but my eyes must have glazed over because I don't remember anything else.

Anyway...is his idea worth anything? It sounded like Soviet accounting to me.

F&L

1⁰=1, nothing controversial about that. I think he was trying to be cute with 0⁰=1 implying from nothing something comes. Except he's an idiot (mathematical or otherwise). Anything⁰=1 but there's an exception, that being 0⁰=indeterminate, however, with its own exceptions. E.g. graphing the function x/y where x=y. On the diagonal line x=y the answer of the function x/y is always = 1 (1/1, 2/2, 3/3, etc). But what happens at the point of origin where both x and y = 0 (i.e. 0/0)? The answer is not indeterminate; in that particular case where x=y we can actually assume the answer is also = 1 in keeping with all other values along the same line.

Post edit: And if, by potential, he was talking about the limit of x as it approaches zero, the answer is still the same as above.

[Furstentum Liechtenstein]

Except he's an idiot (mathematical or otherwise).

An idiot?...no, he's an atheist. Ps14:1 doesn't apply because he has a few doctorates from the Sorbonne and is an editor for a sci-fi magazine. He doesn't earn any money from his job but lives thanks to his wife who goes to work and earns real money. It takes brains to get a woman to support you for 25+ years while you sit at home and do diddly-squat all day long. I'm not that smart. Are you?

Who's the idiot now???

F&L

[Silvertusk]

I am finding myself like FL's posts. I apologise for that and normal service will be achieved as soon as humanly possible.

[Byblos]

Except he's an idiot (mathematical or otherwise).

An idiot?...no, he's an atheist. doesn't apply because he has a few doctorates from the Sorbonne and is an editor for a sci-fi magazine. He doesn't earn any money from his job but lives thanks to his wife who goes to work and earns real money. It takes brains to get a woman to support you for 25+ years while you sit at home and do diddly-squat all day long. I'm not that smart. Are you?

Who's the idiot now???

F&L

I stand corrected, he's only a mathematical idiot . Although I do plan to retire soon on my wife's new business .

[WannaLearn]

Alright pop pop throw some more questions at me. Although I have found some good ones on the internet.

[1over137]

Alright pop pop throw some more questions at me. Although I have found some good ones on the internet.

such as?

[WannaLearn]

you had a great one. Just looking for different kinds of questions.
What caused the universe to exist?
What explains the fine tuning of the universe?
Why is the universe rational?
How did DNA and amino acids arise?
Where did the genetic code come from?
How do irreducibly complex enzyme chains evolve?
How do we account for the origin of 116 distinct language families?
Why did cities suddenly appear all over the world between 3,000 and 1,000BC?
How is independent thought possible in a world ruled by chance and necessity?
How do we account for self-awareness?
How is free will possible in a material universe?
How do we account for conscience?
On what basis can we make moral judgements?
Why does suffering matter?
Why do human beings matter?
Why care about justice?
How do we account for the almost universal belief in the supernatural?
How do we know the supernatural does not exist?
How can we know if there is conscious existence after death?
What accounts for the empty tomb, resurrection appearances and growth of the church?


this is some stuff I found and thought were pretty good.

and I found some on here http://geekychristian.com/questions-for ... agnostics/