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To: BenLurkin

When math meets the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin.


7 posted on 01/12/2019 5:20:13 AM PST by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
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To: Sirius Lee

When engineering meets the number of transistors that can fit on a chip...


59 posted on 01/12/2019 6:12:31 AM PST by null and void (If they don't respect our borders, why would you expect them to respect our National Parks, or us?)
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To: Sirius Lee

the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin.


A little background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_many_angels_can_dance_on_the_head_of_a_pin%3F

still being asked and answered: https://forums.catholic.com/t/how-many-angels-can-dance-on-the-head-of-a-pin/251203/18


86 posted on 01/12/2019 6:33:17 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Sirius Lee

>> When math meets the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin. <<

The actual answer by Aquinas is not only NOT absurd, but absolutely foundational to the understanding of the physical world around us: things which are not composed of matter do not have volume.


97 posted on 01/12/2019 6:47:23 AM PST by dangus ("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. Athanasius)
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