In a null-realm, would 2 + 2 still equal 4, if god did not exist? Moreover, as a hypothetical construct, can pi represent the ratio of any circle's circumference to its diameter, being the ratio of any circle's area to the square of its radius; in a null-realm; without the existence of god?

[Hint: The above is a composition of Plato & Popper & of course Oliver :-). The answer may involve Newton, Curie & Schrodinger.]

Greetings all,

O.

42?

Vanilla,

It is tough when the mice don't know.

A large part of religion's success and appeal to the small-minded and fearful is that it doesn't attempt to answer difficult questions with reason, and instead simply decrees its preferred version of reality.

A mathematician must consider the state of Schrodinger's cat unknown. A bishop or mullah simply declares that the cat is dead and reminds the faithful that thinking hard leads to damnation.

Philo, George, Foxy, Pericles, Boaz, et al.,

Restated: Can 1 + 1 = 2 exist, as a hypothical construct, in a non physical realm outside of God or this universe? If, neither God nor this universe existed, would 1 + 1 still equal 2?

If the universe didn’t exist, one plus one would equal zero. Yes ?

And pi would not equal 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971. It would equal ….no, not zero….but one.