Q: How do you prove the existence of Spring in Chicago?
A: By continuity.
In February it was zero Farenheit. Today it is muggy and approaching 90. By continuity, Spring happened somewhere in between. But note that this existence proof is not constructive. It is of no help in telling us exactly when it was that Spring fluttered by. I must have been sleeping at the time.
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June 19, 2009 at 3:49 pm
taylor
you failed to demonstrate that the calender is connected set.
June 20, 2009 at 11:33 am
noel
Ok Nice! Check this out!
June 20, 2009 at 5:46 pm
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June 21, 2009 at 3:45 am
Gryphon
This had to hit the front page randomly. If there is a God, that is.
June 21, 2009 at 11:12 am
q
beat me to it taylor
June 21, 2009 at 11:35 am
valter
taylor, q: are you suggesting that there may be a discontinuity of space-time in Chicago? Is it something the neighbours are doing at Fermilab? As if the black-hole makers in Switzerland weren’t enough!
June 22, 2009 at 12:48 pm
taylor
i’m not suggesting that the space-time continuum is disconnected, but merely that the way in which we perceive seasons (in disjoint open coverings?) is probably locally connected at best. for example, if it is 55 and rainy for a single instance in time, we wouldn’t call this spring, even if those conditions are typical of springtime weather. spring, as we see it, is the collection similar instances.
June 21, 2009 at 7:05 pm
J
Hence if we only have data during day-light time, it could be that our data jump from winter to summer without being spring during the day…
It the existence of spring an untestable hypothesis?
June 22, 2009 at 3:15 am
Caftans Saga
Spring is in full bloom and the next thing you know, it’s summer
June 23, 2009 at 11:56 am
SO
Tough crowd.
June 24, 2009 at 7:28 pm
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