subtitled, "Deep in the jungle, an intrepid scholar locates a symbol of power and mystery".
This inscription, written in Old Khmer, reads "The Caka era reached year 605 on the fifth day of the waning moon." The dot (at right) is now recognized as the oldest known version of our zero. (Amir Aczel)
![This inscription, written in Old Khmer, reads](http://thumbs.media.smithsonianmag.com//filer/d9/33/d9338ecd-6597-4cd9-bb3d-8cf26e7999ce/mark-zero-phenom.jpg__800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
1 posted on
12/13/2014 6:32:47 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
>>The majority view is that numbers exist outside of the human mind.
How is that possible? Is the “majority view” necessarily accurate?
9 posted on
12/13/2014 7:05:03 PM PST by
oblomov
To: SunkenCiv
10 posted on
12/13/2014 7:18:55 PM PST by
Paladin2
To: SunkenCiv
Maybe, just maybe these “Intrepid Scholars” are wrong.
It could be that they are see a zero when it is really the letter “O”.
An O that stands for Obama who is “”Unique in representing absolute nothingness”.
Could be.
13 posted on
12/13/2014 7:26:30 PM PST by
Tupelo
(I am feeling more like Phillip Nolan by the day.)
To: SunkenCiv
15 posted on
12/13/2014 7:30:05 PM PST by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: SunkenCiv
Without a place keeper, we couldn’t have algebra.
Addition and subtraction would be cumbersome operations.
20 posted on
12/13/2014 7:50:29 PM PST by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: SunkenCiv
You didn't make that.
![](http://c2.nrostatic.com/sites/default/files/uploaded/u25930/2011/09/Obama_-_Zero.png)
26 posted on
12/13/2014 8:27:26 PM PST by
garjog
(Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
To: SunkenCiv
The number zero has a strong meaning in our household, as in the amount of dollars we have to spend at the end of the month.
30 posted on
12/13/2014 9:47:21 PM PST by
mowowie
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To: SunkenCiv
The discovery of negative numbers was probably more significant, for it enabled the invention of government spending.
37 posted on
12/14/2014 4:41:33 AM PST by
Reeses
To: SunkenCiv
Look I just invented the Zero!
So what does it do?
Oh nothing.
To: SunkenCiv
54 posted on
12/14/2014 2:24:16 PM PST by
dfwgator
To: SunkenCiv
Job 38:4 “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.”
61 posted on
12/16/2014 7:27:35 AM PST by
eleni121
("All Along the Watchmaker" Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9)
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