Re: creation

Ο "Paul Schlyter" <pausch@xxxxxxx> έγραψε στο μήνυμα
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> Even though mathematics isn't science (instead it's more like philosophy)
> mathematics is still an essential tool of science. Sometimes math is
called
> "the language of science". Without math, your understanding of science
will
> be severely crippled. Math provides the numbers, and science tells us
> how to interpret these numbers.

I've been lurking on this thread, being qurious to see what it will turn
into.
Some posters wrote that "Mathematics is a 'tool' of science", others (you in
particular) wrote that "Mathematics is the language of science".

The above is true of applied Mathematics, mostly. Pure Mathematics serves
nobody and it's a 'tool' only as far as the quest for "The Ultimate Truth"
is concerned. The fact that we happen to be fortunate/able to model parts of
our universe using some nice Mathematics, is actually a bonus, because
reality is the closest experience we can have of "The Ultimate Truth".

The existence of Mathematical truths however, is independent of whether we,
God, aliens or anybody can model parts of our/their universe using
Mathematics.

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I. N. Galidakis
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Eventually, _everything_ is understandable

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