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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

1 posted on 12/13/2014 6:32:47 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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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
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To: SunkenCiv

0,0 IS the origin.


10 posted on 12/13/2014 7:18:55 PM PST by Paladin2
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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.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Pure noughtiness.


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.)
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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)
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To: SunkenCiv
You didn't make that.


26 posted on 12/13/2014 8:27:26 PM PST by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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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
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To: SunkenCiv

Look I just invented the Zero!

So what does it do?

Oh nothing.


38 posted on 12/14/2014 4:41:37 AM PST by Dusty Road (")
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To: SunkenCiv

Zero, My Hero

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxYsgRsNg2s


54 posted on 12/14/2014 2:24:16 PM PST by dfwgator
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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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