Re: Bob Berman: String Theory's trendy, but baseless

On a sunny day (Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:36:44 +0100) it happened "Richard Miller"
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>elegance. Personally, I think the mathematics is the correct theory and the
>manifestation of the mathematics is what we call physical reality.

Oops, and I wanted to refrain from posting today... so not to become addict.
The Chinese are going to require online games to have a 3 hour limit, after
that the 'avatar' loses much of its cunning.
(http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=4913)

Anyways, it all depends.
I think math is just a model to put some understanding in of the physical
world.
The physical world is the reality here.
Just for fun: you have this complicated mathematical relation (function).
You write it in some higher programming language.
Take your preference.
Next it is compiled, and it ends up as a lot of register loads and jumps.
THAT language (is not mathematics) ALSO describes the same thing.
A programmer would have little (well eh) problem understanding it.
An mathematician would be lost.
It is then further in hardware morphed to some electrons moving in silicon.
An OTHER physical reality.

Of cause it is abstract., but no, the physical reality is what should at all
times be (that is where experiment comes in) the measuring stick against
which to test you math.

Several years ago there was an interview with our national Nobel prize winner
in physics, and he was asked: 'What do you think of string theory, is it right?'
His answer was: "No".

This is the man from the quarks.....
Math, as we do it, is merely a construct IN THE NEURAL NET of our brain,
a model (chemically + electrically + mechanically ) of the reality we observe.

That really ticked Joan Baez of did it not ;-)



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