Skip to content
Sunday, March 07, 2021

Uncommon Descent

Serving The Intelligent Design Community

  • Home
  • News Desk
  • Resources
    • Frequently raised but weak arguments against Intelligent Design
    • ID Defined
    • Glossary
    • Archive of Posts by Michael Behe
    • Darwinian Debating Devices
  • Archives
  • Comment Policy
    • Moderation
    • Put a Sock In It
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy
  • Home
  • 42

Tag: 42

Intelligent Design Mathematics Science fiction

The weirdness of the number 42

Here’s Scientific American in a more entertaining mode. Remember when Deep Thought, the computer in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979) spit out the Answer to the great question of life? It was: 42 But 42 does have some interesting features.

Posted on September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Author News Comments(6)

Advertisements

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Search

Advertisements

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Donate

Help us to continue generating quality content and reliable website service.

Recent Comments

  • William J Murray I repeat: If anyone wants to make a case that something “exists” outside of mind, it’s really simple. Point at... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
  • William J Murray LCD said: No, you are the only one who cannot do it. The rest of the world can do it... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
  • polistra Good lord, why do we even need hypotheses to explain something that hasn't happened and might happen in someone's imagination? – Could Earth be in quarantine from...
  • Lieutenant Commander Data William J Murray Now imagine that something exists outside of mind. You literally cannot do it. No, you are the... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
  • Viola Lee Yes, KF, I discussed the point of inflection case. Also, yes the fact that the tangent line has a slope... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
  • kairosfocus VL, that "tangent touches a curve at a single point (and does not cross)" is a case of a studied... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
  • jerry Magna Carta in certain parts, is actually still a part of UK Law, of constitutional character, along with the later... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
  • jerry Go ahead, I’ll wait patiently. Try not eating or drinking. After a couple day we will all wait patiently for... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
  • kairosfocus Jerry, Magna Carta in certain parts, is actually still a part of UK Law, of constitutional character, along with the... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
  • Steve Alten2 This reminded me of a question I had in an invertebrate biology lab exam in university. We each rotated through... – C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without...
  • William J Murray What's absurd here is that people are arguing that unless a hypothetical world exists that we have no capacity to... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
  • William J Murray KF said (and LCD quoted:) Where, if all experience is entirely mental, it is caught up in that circle, there... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
  • William J Murray ET, Precisely correct. Nothing like trying to figure out why there is no evidence for a thing when there are... – Could Earth be in quarantine from...
  • ET So many people have died in the last 12 months because so many people are unhealthy. Natural selection eliminates the... – Claim: Neanderthal protein may reduce COVID-19's...
  • ET People have seen the aliens, though. So either News is calling millions of people liars or News just hasn't viewed... – Could Earth be in quarantine from...
  • William J Murray People that argue against mental reality are the same as people that argue against free will. It's impossible to make... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
  • William J Murray If anyone wants to make a case that something "exists" outside of mind, it's really simple. Point at something that... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
  • Viola Lee KF writes, " I think teachers need to be more aware of the big issues next door to what we... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
  • Viola Lee People had this same debate about whether negative numbers were real: some major mathematicians rejected them as nonsense, and it... – Sabine Hossenfelder asks, Do complex numbers...
  • William J Murray KF, As far as I can tell, your entire argument and following objections against MRT flows from this first point... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
  • jerry Magna Carta is particularly telling. While the Magna Carter was part of history it was hardly necessary and definitely not... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Copyright © 2021 Uncommon Descent. All rights reserved.
Theme: Newspaper Plus by ThemeCentury. Powered by WordPress.