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QUESTION
The question actually includes two questions:
1. Who understands eleventh dimensional mathematics?
2. Who understands the logic path to God?
It is assumed that davetheslave-ga wants a reasonable (rational)
answer.
Else, this question would not have been posted to GA.
ANSWER
1. Nobody *understands* eleventh dimensional mathematics [1]. Some
people can manipulate vector equations in hyperdimensional space (for
example, in mathematical programming). But they don't presume to
understand the meaning of the numerical results, in nth dimensional
space, when n>3.
2. Nobody *understands* the logic path to God, because there is no
such thing as a *logic* path to God [2]. The only way for a human
being to understand, or even just find, a logic path to God is to
create a god that can be fully understood. Such a god is human made --
an idol -- not God.
SOURCES
[1] Online Dictionaries (www.dictionary.com). Search on "understand".
Results:
Dictionary.com
4 entries found for "understand".
*** First entry for "understand"
un·der·stand Pronunciation Key (ndr-stnd)
v. un·der·stood, (-std) un·der·stand·ing, un·der·stands
v. tr.
1. To perceive and comprehend the nature and significance of;
grasp. See Synonyms at apprehend.
2. To know thoroughly by close contact or long experience with:
That teacher understands children.
3. 1. To grasp or comprehend the meaning intended or expressed
by (another): They have trouble with English, but I can understand
them.
2. To comprehend the language, sounds, form, or symbols of.
4. To know and be tolerant or sympathetic toward: I can understand
your point of view even though I disagree with it.
5. To learn indirectly, as by hearsay: I understand his departure
was unexpected.
6. To infer: Am I to understand you are staying the night?
7. To accept (something) as an agreed fact: It is understood that
the fee will be 50 dollars.
8. To supply or add (words or a meaning, for example) mentally.
v. intr.
1. 1. To have understanding, knowledge, or comprehension.
2. To have sympathy or tolerance.
2. To learn something indirectly or secondhand; gather.
[Middle English understanden, from Old English understandan : under-,
under- + standan, to stand; see st- in Indo-European Roots.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
*** Second entry for "understand"
\Un`der*stand"\ ([u^]n`d[~e]r*st[a^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Understood, and Archaic Understanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Understanding.]
[OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf.
AS. forstandan to understand, G. verstehen. The development of sense
is not clear. See Under, and Stand.] 1. To have just and adequate
ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have
knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in
Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court
understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred
oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA,
Inc.
*** Third entry for "understand"
\Un`der*stand"\, v. i. 1. To have the use of the intellectual
faculties; to be an intelligent being.
Imparadised in you, in whom alone I understand, and grow, and see.
--Donne.
2. To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for
Tobiah. --Neh. xiii. 7.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA,
Inc.
*** Fourth entry for "understand"
v 1: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not
understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" 2: perceive
mentally, as of an idea; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"
[syn: realize, see] 3: make sense of a language; "She understands
French"; "Can you read Greek?" [syn: read, interpret, translate] 4:
believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous
experience?" [syn: gather, infer] 5: be understanding of; "You don't
need to explain--I understand!" [syn: sympathize, empathize]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
[2] Online Dictionaries (www.dictionary.com). Search on "logic".
Results:
Dictionary.com
5 entries found for "logic".
(note: actually, only four entries were returned)
+++ First entry for "logic"
log·ic Pronunciation Key (ljk)
n.
1. The study of the principles of reasoning, especially of the
structure of propositions as distinguished from their content and of
method and validity in deductive reasoning.
2. 1. A system of reasoning: Aristotle's logic.
2. A mode of reasoning: By that logic, we should sell the
company tomorrow.
3. The formal, guiding principles of a discipline, school, or
science.
3. Valid reasoning: Your paper lacks the logic to prove your
thesis.
4. The relationship between elements and between an element and the
whole in a set of objects, individuals, principles, or events: There's
a certain logic to the motion of rush-hour traffic.
5. Computer Science.
1. The nonarithmetic operations performed by a computer, such
as sorting, comparing, and matching, that involve yes-no decisions.
2. Computer circuitry.
3. Graphic representation of computer circuitry.
[Middle English, from Old French logique, from Latin logica, from
Greek logik (tekhn), (art) of reasoning, logic, feminine of logikos,
of reasoning, from logos, reason. See leg- in Indo-European Roots.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
+++ Second entry for "logic"
\Log"ic\, n. [OE. logike, F. logique, L. logica, logice, Gr. logikh`
(sc. te`chnh), fr. logiko`s belonging to speaking or reason, fr.
lo`gos speech, reason, le`gein to say, speak. See Legend.] 1. The
science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or
of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should
be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general
notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification,
reasoning, and systematic arrangement; correct reasoning.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA,
Inc.
+++ Third entry for "logic"
n 1: the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference 2: reasoned and
reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic" 3: the
principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation;
"economic logic requires it"; "by the logic of war" 4: a system of
reasoning [syn: logical system, system of logic]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
+++ Fourth entry for "logic"
1. <philosophy, mathematics> A branch of philosophy and
mathematics that deals with the formal principles, methods and
criteria of validity of inference, reasoning and
knowledge.
Logic is concerned with what is true and how we can know
whether something is true. This involves the formalisation of
logical arguments and proofs in terms of symbols
representing propositions and logical connectives. The
meanings of these logical connectives are expressed by a set
of rules which are assumed to be self-evident.
Boolean algebra deals with the basic operations of truth
values: AND, OR, NOT and combinations thereof. Predicate
logic extends this with existential and universal
quantifiers and symbols standing for predicates which may
depend on variables. The rules of natural deduction
describe how we may proceed from valid premises to valid
conclusions, where the premises and conclusions are
expressions in predicate logic.
Symbolic logic uses a meta-language concerned with truth,
which may or may not have a corresponding expression in the
world of objects called existance. In symbolic logic,
arguments and proofs are made in terms of symbols
representing propositions and logical connectives. The
meanings of these begin with a set of rules or primitives
which are assumed to be self-evident. Fortunately, even from
vague primitives, functions can be defined with precise
meaning.
Boolean logic deals with the basic operations of truth
values: AND, OR, NOT and combinations thereof. Predicate
logic extends this with existential quantifiers and
universal quantifiers which introduce bound variables
ranging over finite sets; the predicate itself takes on
only the values true and false. Deduction describes how we
may proceed from valid premises to valid conclusions, where
these are expressions in predicate logic.
Carnap used the phrase "rational reconstruction" to describe
the logical analysis of thought. Thus logic is less concerned
with how thought does proceed, which is considered the realm
of psychology, and more with how it should proceed to discover
truth. It is the touchstone of the results of thinking, but
neither its regulator nor a motive for its practice.
See also fuzzy logic, logic programming, arithmetic and logic unit,
first-order logic,
See also Boolean logic, fuzzy logic, logic programming,
first-order logic, logic bomb, combinatory logic,
higher-order logic, intuitionistic logic, equational
logic, modal logic, linear logic, paradox.
2. <electronics> Boolean logic circuits.
See also arithmetic and logic unit, asynchronous logic.
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2001 Denis
Howe
SEARCH STRATEGY
1. Google search on "dictionary". Found www.dictionary.com.
2. Dictionary.com search on "understand".
3. Dictionary.com search on "logic".
RESEARCH SUMMARY
We can have some limited, incomplete, intelectual and existential
understanding of God and of the path to God. We can have complete
understanding only of gods made by human hands.
Let me know if you have any questions, or need further clarification.
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