It could, like we call the number two 10 in binary, or 1+1 or II or whatever. Numbers can have any symbol associated to it, but the abstract object they refer to is the same.
Did you read my reply? Again, the ways to express numbers can be different, but the numbers themselves can not. Aliens in a different universe may use a different way to denote the number 3, but no matter how they denote it, it is not between 1 and 2.
schmidtster@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Your realize the numbers are arbitrary and every universe will have different terms phrases and orders for these “numbers” yeah?
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Symbols for numbers can obviously be different. Numbers themselves can not.
schmidtster@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Pardon? We already have multiple different ways to express numbers, they are completely arbitrary.
Which facts do you speak of?
alehc@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
It could, like we call the number two 10 in binary, or 1+1 or II or whatever. Numbers can have any symbol associated to it, but the abstract object they refer to is the same.
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Did you read my reply? Again, the ways to express numbers can be different, but the numbers themselves can not. Aliens in a different universe may use a different way to denote the number 3, but no matter how they denote it, it is not between 1 and 2.