Conversation started Feb 21, 2022 at 18:07.
Feb 21, 2022 18:07
Before we discuss this further, we need to define what a "leg" is /srs
> leg: a limb used to walk on
When someone loses a part of their limb, people sometimes say they've got half an arm/leg
@user it's simple
@GingerIndustries What is a limb? Where does the leg begin and end? What is walking?
Feb 21, 2022 18:09
we take the original volume of the limb, then the current volume, then divide current by original and you get how much of a limb they have
It's a problem of language, not math. When I say "the average cat" or "the average house" or "the average person", that's almost always used in the sense of "most cats" or "most houses" or "most people", except in a few cases
> In humans, "leg" is the roughly cylindrical section of meat extending from the center part of the body downwards towards the ground (when the head is facing upwards).
> leg starts at bottom of big middle part and ends at bottom hand part.
humans? roughly? meat? center part of the body? What's that?
for example, if 40% of your leg got sliced off, you would then have .6 of a leg
Feb 21, 2022 18:10
What is a head? Do legs cease to exist when you do crunches?
E.g., if you hear "the average house has two bathrooms", you'll assume that's rounded, because houses don't usually have a fractional number of bathrooms (ignoring "half-baths"). But if you hear "the average number of bathrooms in a house is 2.23", that makes more sense.
I would think of the first as the mode rather than the mean
> The average household has 1.5 children.
[insert Far Side comic here]
@GingerIndustries If the head is facing upwards while you're sitting, what are legs? Are they only the part that goes from your torso to the ground, or does it still extend from your torso to your toes?
@user The fact that you are talking to me means that you have access to the Internet. Simply click here to view the related Wikipedia page.
Feb 21, 2022 18:13
I see my piercing questions have stumped you 😎
Did that help?
My mood is better now, thanks
Rick Astley always soothes me
However, I am distressed by the fact that my legs are now gone due to my position, according to your definition
@user You would have to know what your legs are for you to know they were gone. QED.
I see my piercing questions responses have stumped you 😎
Feb 21, 2022 18:16
Yes, my legs are now stumps
Precisely. My job here is done.
@GingerIndustries QED what? What have you proven?
Thanks for the legs btw
@user That you know what legs are
Further proof:
Aug 22 '21 at 19:58, by user
@pxeger I have infinitely many legs, for I am God
In order to say that, you would have had to know what legs are.
I cannot be certain that what I think are legs are really what legs are
well now you're entering Ruler of the Universe territory.
Feb 21, 2022 18:18
Besides, "leg" is merely a word that different people define differently. Your definition is different from mine
Let's clear up this ambiguity then. What do you define as a leg?
I honestly don't know, I don't have a clear definition
But you do have one.
(as proved above)
Does the skin and hair on it count? They keep falling off. Does the blood in it count? It moves elsewhere in my body. A lot of the cells (all?) get replaced, so perhaps those don't count either
There is no one leg, because the leg keeps changing. Therefore, I have infinitely many legs
@GingerIndustries Anything that lyxal steals, therefore he average human has 4 leg.
Feb 21, 2022 18:20
That doesn't answer my question. What do you define as a leg?
I don't
Do I?
Yes.
You're about to ask how I know.
I don't know what it is, unfortunately
@GingerIndustries You don't know. You can't know
Feb 21, 2022 18:22
I do know.
Another example:
How do you know that you know and that you do not merely think?
Nov 17 '21 at 2:13, by user
I like how no one has legs and is just crawling on the ground
i have been playing accordion (the card game) and i got stuck with 4 cards
Did I really say that, though? How can you be sure of that? How can you be sure that that message really says "I like how everyone has legs and is crawling up the wall"?
How can you be sure that's what it says?
Feb 21, 2022 18:23
Perhaps your eyes are lying to you and telling you it says "I like how everyone has legs but is just crawling on the ground"
@GingerIndustries I can't. I never said I'm sure
It's never really possible to be sure about anything, by that definition.
Sure you can, remember that famous thing about being?
> I think I think, therefore I think I know I think I know I am
Regardless, if you don't know what a leg is you can certainly find out.
What's there to find out? The leg isn't a universal constant. It's a term made up by humans
Feb 21, 2022 18:27
Then there is no true definition of "leg." I can make up my own
Again, so?
There's nothing to find out. What I can find out is how everyone defines leg
@GingerIndustries You said "if you don't know what a leg is you can certainly find out"
I certainly cannot
By that I meant you can find out the human definition of leg.
I know of no other definitions of leg to learn about.
There's no one human definition of leg, there's several that happen to have a huge overlap
If you ask someone, "Is water wet?" you're not going to get the same answer from everyone because the definition of "wet" isn't some precise thing, it's kinda vague and it's different for everyone
Btw thank you for humoring me and continuing this shitpost of a conversation, but I have to leave now o/
 
Conversation ended Feb 21, 2022 at 18:30.