There is a physical non-living form called a mobius strip that has
only one side. Admittedly, it has two edges which might cause us
difficulty, but it really has only one side.
The philosphical point meets the philosophical object.
LN
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael Kaufman
<mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> Yes but there is no such thing, living or not, that
> you could actually cut that thin. One molecule wide,
> one atom wide, one proton wide, one electron wide, one
> quark wide - they are all too wide. For something to
> be thin enough to reach Jungholz from the rest of
> Austria without any part of it ever leaving Austria,
> it would have to have no matter at all and thus not
> physically tangibly exist.
>
> --- "L. A. Nadybal" <lnadybal@c...> wrote:
>
> > If you can cut something so thin that it has only
> > one side, you can
> > get it across the point from Junholz to mutterland
> > Austria. The thing
> > that goes across the point doesn't have to be
> > living.
> > LN
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael
> > Kaufman
> > <mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> > > but no living thing satisfies this qualification.
> > for
> > > if it were only one point wide, it would have not
> > > matter at all.
> > >
> > > --- "L. A. Nadybal" <lnadybal@c...> wrote:
> > >
> > > > You wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "From the second interpretation, it is a
> > > > pene-enclave as it is not
> > > > possible to reach Jungholz via the rest of
> > Austria
> > > > without ever
> > > > leaving Austria. Since it is one point wide on
> > top
> > > > of a mountain."
> > > >
> > > > I think it is possible - as long as one is only
> > as
> > > > wide as or less
> > > > wide than the point that connects the two areas.
> > > >
> > > > LN
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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