Re: Hawking's talk in Dublin GR 17 On the spot report!

From: vonroach (hadrainc_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 07/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:16:01 GMT

On 25 Jul 2004 21:26:02 -0700, LSmithsonvqm@hotmail.com (L Smithson)
wrote:

> I dont believe that mathematics is syntax-- somethng
>Godel belives to have settled in agreement with my position. Sorry I
>dont think he ever published the result. In my opinion mathematics
>exists independently of man, and it is there for any intelligent
>entity to explore and develop once counting develops.

I think he did, with regards to `completeness'. _All_ mathematics is
an invention of the human brain, nothing more. Counting, hypothesizing
- all just thought, nothing more. Defined, except for infinity, but
just mind pictures like words. A lot of thinking went in to natural
numbers, zero, negative numbers, irrational numbers, complex numbers,
etc - but it's all shadows in the brain and has no reality, just a
crude picture gram with numbers instead of words. Geometry,
Trigonometry. Algebra, Calculus, Equations, Statistics, etc - just
human thoughts. Numbers games.

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