> >I find it interesting that the following relationship is true:
>
> >1 cubed = 1 squared
> >1 cubed + 2 cubed = (1 + 2) squared i.e. 9=9
> >1 cubed + 2 cubed + 3 cubed = (1+2+3) squared i.e. 36=36
>
Before there were any cavemen to watch, a herd of some kind of animal
stood at one end of an open area. An animal walked away from the herd.
Another animal walked away from the herd and stood along side it. After
awhile they both went back to the herd.
In another universe where there weren't any planets a herd of ghosts had
accumulated. One ghost drifted away. Another ghost did the same. And
another, also. After awhile the origional ghost returned to the herd.
A caveman noticed a big pile of small pebbles on a beach. He took one
pebble and moved it some distance away. He took another pebble and put it
next the origionally moved pebble. He took another pebble from the big
pile and put in on the small pile. He took a pebble away from the small
pile. he moved it back to the small pile. . . . .
The point, how can it be any other way? Which came first, the universe or
the numbers? Can anyone imagine a universe that doesn't "work" this way?
billwald@juno.com
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