When I said that circles don't exist, I was referring to physical, tangible existence. There's a sense in which anything which can be conceived by the mind definitely exists because of psychic reality. But what I argue in this video is that perfect circles can only exist in the mind and so are, in a sense, metaphysical objects.
Very nice observations. I would say after many years of thought on the question, that all of mathematics is metaphysics. We may believe that it is a matter of simple observation to understand the world, but even within mathematics the idea of a whole number, discrete and indivisible, is a Platonic ideal. But likewise, the concept of an uninterrupted continuum of quantity which we call "real numbers" is a metaphysical proposition. It is actually trivial from a verbal point of view; the examination of the rudiments of a scientific mechanics, the study of how science is to be conducted, is not physics per se, but properly speaking must be metaphysics. That these choices are essentially cultural if not religious -- and they are probably religious in fact -- is something that is "obvious upon inspection" of the actual conduct of the discipline. Thanks for a thoughtful presentation. In all of this, the question that spurs this reaction is the question of whether a circle represents a discrete ideal, or a continuum. The true mystery of human consciousness is not the capacity to calculate, in my opinion, but rather the rarer capacity to hold paradox without unnecessary false resolutions of their dichotomies.
How can I email you? I have some things to talk to you about! You’re the only other person I’ve seen talking about this stuff (bicameral mind / religion / self) and I’ve been working on it for ages. I have tons of stuff to share. I couldn’t find a contact page on your site! 😢
Here's an opposite for you.. Man probably never meditated on anything until one ate the right mushroom. Thrn, he saw the light within, which is toroidal.
