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DO YOU HAVE PROOF.. THAT 1+1=2... OR JUST FAITH?

Based on the web sites below, I doubt that many have proof. Is this another example of how all knowledge begins with faith? Is it true that scientists must have faith that the universe is inherently orderly, even though there is no law or theorem that says it must be? Otherwise why waste their time?

...As a lover of Christ, science and mathematics I am quite used to faith AND reason.

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/51551.htm...

http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2006/06/extreme_m...

Update:

Come on guys. The mathematicians are not just holding up two fingers. I guess you must have faith then?

Update 2:

Thanks Nate H. Many of the others just seem to be avoiding the question, or just don't like the answer.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    yes everything begins with faith. Some one had to have the idea that 1+1 =2 and that ideal they had became fact. without ideals, and the faith to carry them out the human race will never learn new things and logic. God gave us this gift, but living in a world surrounded by technology kind of makes ppl forget the way god made things compare to those who lived in ancient times....this is wy the word "faith" is seen as something impractical now-a-days. Its a real shame because its because of "faith" that god has allowed for us knowledge or the study of knowledge even exists!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    FAITH IS THE PROOF !

    And don't just assume that seeing is believing why not try faith out because i'll i'm seeing a person that saw a couple sites about science and BAM he's sold to a expanation of mathamatical terms i mean life is LIFE it's has bad people, good people, bad people who LOOK like good people and you have your challenges like the challenge God gave everyman accepting Jesus Gods one and only pure from sin son to take away the sins of the world i mean afterall he suffered then die for the Sins of non-righteous children that take on the path of lust, hate, greed, selfishness of the devil. Its really simple the choice good or evil not a {+2} + b{+2} = c{+2} equation..

  • 1 decade ago

    Wow ... what a stupid question.

    Numbers and math are a means for humans to model the world around us. They are objective and (for our purposes) universally true. "Faith" is defined as a leap in logic and reason, and is inherently subjective.

    Anywhere you go on Earth, any rational, thinking human will tell you that one apple, and then another apple, gives two apples. It is a universally accepted standard that cannot be argued by any rational means. Therefore, it is considered 'proof'.

  • margi
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    know-how does not initiate with faith. faith follows reason, and easily then ends up in know-how. Time, area and variety and potential/remember are all particularly well-known issues. they're the terrific interpretations we've of the particular international. there is consistent evidence of what we call 'variety', it fairly is a elementary area of our life. the comparable is going with each and each of something. First we set up what they're and their homes by way of good judgment, then we call them. Then we believe that they are suitable, yet save an open strategies to something that could desire to instruct in any different case. If there substitute into no such undertaking as mild, and no person had eyes, then no-one might believe that it existed. they does not even have the potential to apply their reason to instruct or disprove it, because of fact the full thought could be fabulous to them.

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  • 1 decade ago

    by Definition, adding is when you take all of one thing and all of another together, there is no denying 1 + 1 is 2, as 1 being the first number, two of them is 2

    Source(s): now if you'd said is 6*6 42 ohh that's a differant story hitchikers guide
  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    If the universe is so well balanced , with laws and the like, then the proof is "Who balanced it?" Scientists have no proof that their theory i.e. big bang is correct. 2nd law of thermodynamics.

  • 1 decade ago

    One Rock. And One more Rock. Two Rocks. Pretty easy. The edumacation system at least works that good.

  • 1 decade ago

    The number "Two" was invented by man. He could have called it "Flark".

    Man also invented the number "one", and he could have called it "Glit".

    So in this case Glit plus Glit equals Flark.

    I hope this answers your silly question?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Congratulations. You've just won gold, silver, and bronze in the Idiot Olympics.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I doubt that scientists claim that everything is orderly, in fact, more disorderly.

    I think your grasp of reason is slippy.

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