In mathematics, we make generalizations, such as 2+2=4. That they are definitely errors as generalizations is fact and yet we let people literally kill themselves believing that such generalizations exist.
We truly believe in relationships that really do not exist in general, and one is the generalization that 2+2=4.
What the mathematical generalization implies is that if you take two like entities and two more like entities, you will end up with four like entities. The problem begins with the notion of two like entities.
No two entities are alike in all their characteristics. For a start, our physics shows us that all physical entities will occupy a different space. That is a pretty big difference, two things being located in two different places.
So if I had and orange in California and an orange in Ontario and I add an orange in Nigeria and one in Helsinki, I will come up with four oranges?
Come on! Give me a break. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Do you see my point?
We take for granted basic truths that are inherently falsifiable. So what else is true.
I think that the philosopher, Gurdieff, had a point when he said that man tends to argue rubbish most of the time, or nearly always.
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/george_gurdjieff/
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