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In article <3899df55.520140941@news.rica.net>,
  jeffmo@dipstick.cfw.com wrote:
> sdrodrian@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >Of course I do not expect anyone to take your drivel seriously,
> >Mr. Kauffman! I expect people who are shown an elephant
> >to realize it's an elephant--and not to come back at me with:
> >"If you cannot prove mathematically that this so-called elephant
> >of yours is in fact an elephant, then it cannot possibly be
> >an elephant: No maths, no elephants! Good day, sir!"
> >
> >From the real world,
>
> In the real world, physicists have to deal with the imprecision and
> inherent ambiguities present in verbal language.  Anyone who denies
> the relevance of mathematics, properly implemented, in such endeavors
> is probably not being very realistic about the issues involved.
>
> JeffMo
>

When it comes to pure (purely) mathematics, Jeff,
there is something to be said about judging precisely
how well a given value equals another given value
through mathematics. I have no objections to doing that.

However, it has been the sad history of trying to interpret
the world through mathematics... that any model whatever
(regardless how it deviates from reality) can be perfectly
and most precisely modeled in mathematics.

This is because in mathematics, equations are only bound
to be balanced. Period. If there is nothing but madness
to the left side of an equation... all it takes is some
creativity to the right of such an equation to bring the
madness into perfect harmony: So what if ours is a three-
dimensional reality? IF we wish to believe that there are
really 4,000 dimensions... we shall find the way to express
such a "reality" in a perfectly balanced equation. The
numbers will add up, they will make sense; the equation itself
will be elegant to the point of emotional beauty. And yet
the universe will still not orbit the Earth, the Earth
will still not be flat, and the Big Bang will still be a myth.

If it's too much to ask of you to smell reality, to listen to
reality, if it's too much to ask of you to see and to touch it
... then I will ask it of somebody with more sense than you.
This matter then, concerns only those human beings who trust
their humanity. The rest of you can now go back to playing your
numbers game,

S D Rodrian
sdr@t-three.com
http://members.aol.com/prebigbang






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