Thursday, August 6, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Is there a difference between making typo and making an error in your math?
Your answer to that question may determine your answer to this one: Are mathematical* theorems discovered or created?
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And if you're a redunctionist then by extension the laws of physics, the principles of chemistry, the observations of biology...
*One who holds the belief that all phenomena can be reduced to a fundamental^ explanation.
^Which would mean it is not further reducible, and I s'pose we'd expect it to be consistent.
Your answer to that question may determine your answer to this one: Are mathematical* theorems discovered or created?
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And if you're a redunctionist then by extension the laws of physics, the principles of chemistry, the observations of biology...
*One who holds the belief that all phenomena can be reduced to a fundamental^ explanation.
^Which would mean it is not further reducible, and I s'pose we'd expect it to be consistent.
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