Duke wrote: [flounder] Hey, it's worked for centuries for people of a, uhhhh, *less scientific* frame of mind... [/flounder]
You needed a totally ridiculous hat/outfit to pull that off.
Duke wrote: [flounder] Hey, it's worked for centuries for people of a, uhhhh, *less scientific* frame of mind... [/flounder]
You needed a totally ridiculous hat/outfit to pull that off.
Or at least some wild-ass hair. Hey, it worked for Sir Isaac. 
Osterkraut wrote: All this wonder you're gawking over is the result of math interacting with the universe.
Math is descriptive, not prescriptive. It doesn't interact with anything, any more than my saying the sky is green makes it so.
If you tell a mathematician that he is standing across a room from a girl and that they can continually reduce the distance between them by half, the mathematician will say they never touch. If you tell an engineer the same thing, he will say they will get close enough for all practical purposes. Although personally I don't think either one knows what a girls is.
DILYSI Dave wrote: At some point, I think a bunch of physicists just got together, said "OK, we're going to say something completely outlandish, but unprovable, and defend it with jibber jabber that nobody understands. We will do it with confidence, and shun anyone who dares question us."
It worked when they gave Pluto the boot. 
My daughter got all wound up about Pluto getting the boot. Seriously.
93EXCivic wrote: If you tell a mathematician that he is standing across a room from a girl and that they can continually reduce the distance between them by half, the mathematician will say they never touch. If you tell an engineer the same thing, he will say they will get close enough for all practical purposes. Although personally I don't think either one knows what a girls is.
QFT by an engineer.
JohnInKansas wrote:93EXCivic wrote: If you tell a mathematician that he is standing across a room from a girl and that they can continually reduce the distance between them by half, the mathematician will say they never touch. If you tell an engineer the same thing, he will say they will get close enough for all practical purposes. Although personally I don't think either one knows what a girls is.QFT by an engineer.
I am an engineer to which is why I can say it. 
In reply to 93EXCivic:
I'm sure that even if an engineer didn't have first hand knowledge of women, They must have spent some time studying the, um, "schematics".
dculberson wrote:Osterkraut wrote: All this wonder you're gawking over is the result of math interacting with the universe.Math is descriptive, not prescriptive. It doesn't interact with anything, any more than my saying the sky is green makes it so.
Math is a language we derived to help our brain understand and discuss the cosmos. It is as limited as we are. When a particularly focused brain happens on something it cannot explain to others it creates new language to express it. See Sir Isaac above... the magic in his head needed to be written down somehow. There was no clear way using existing language - so he augmented it.
Math isn't how the universe works - it is how we talk about how the universe works with each other.
neilhank wrote: In reply to Javelin: Very cool stuff...can't wait till they know EVERYTHING :D
I know several women that know everything.
pilotbraden wrote:neilhank wrote: In reply to Javelin: Very cool stuff...can't wait till they know EVERYTHING :DI know several women that know everything.
I know a 12yr old boy like that too.
This is the kind of stuff that both warps my brain and propels me (and humanity) forward.
BTW...
z31maniac wrote: And people say drugs are bad.......
The pursuit for a deeper understanding of the workings of the universe and our place in it is epically worse, and more expensive. It is fantastic that many of the greatest discoveries and realizations of humanity are made readily available for our perusal, but on the flip side, I'm 6 figures into debt in the pursuit of the understanding of those discoveries and realizations... aka extensive graduate and doctoral level education. And yet another double-edged sword in this whole deal is that at the most intense and deepest levels you can pursue it through either science or art. In retrospect, I think going at it from through science would've been wiser financially.
Duke wrote:DILYSI Dave wrote: At some point, I think a bunch of physicists just got together, said "OK, we're going to say something completely outlandish, but unprovable, and defend it with jibber jabber that nobody understands. We will do it with confidence, and shun anyone who dares question us."[flounder] Hey, it's worked for centuries for people of a, uhhhh, *less scientific* frame of mind... [/flounder]
"Good answer, I like the way you think... I'm gonna keep my eye on you..."
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:pilotbraden wrote:I know a 12yr old boy like that too.neilhank wrote: In reply to Javelin: Very cool stuff...can't wait till they know EVERYTHING :DI know several women that know everything.
I know a 14 y/o girl like that.
DILYSI Dave wrote: At some point, I think a bunch of theologians just got together, said "OK, we're going to say something completely outlandish, but unprovable, and defend it with jibber jabber that nobody understands. We will do it with confidence, and shun anyone who dares question us."
I have changed one word in your quote to reflect an alternate point of view in an effort to display an ironic similarity. Or in the parlance of the Internet, “FTFY”.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:dculberson wrote:Math is a language we derived to help our brain understand and discuss the cosmos. It is as limited as we are. When a particularly focused brain happens on something it cannot explain to others it creates new language to express it. See Sir Isaac above... the magic in his head needed to be written down somehow. There was no clear way using existing language - so he augmented it. Math isn't how the universe works - it is how we talk about how the universe works with each other.Osterkraut wrote: All this wonder you're gawking over is the result of math interacting with the universe.Math is descriptive, not prescriptive. It doesn't interact with anything, any more than my saying the sky is green makes it so.
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