Re: Applied vs. Theoretical

2002-12-03 Thread Osher Doctorow
From Osher Doctorow [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tues. Dec. 3, 2002 1326 Tim May gives a very detailed account of his ideas on category and topos theories, and I will only comment on a few of his ideas and some of Ben Goertzel because of space and time limitations. I think that Tim and I, and hopefully

Mathematics and the Structure of Reality

2002-12-03 Thread Tim May
On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 02:15 PM, Osher Doctorow wrote: The theorems that Tim has cited are one counterexample class to this, but where are the great predictions, where is there anything like the Einstein Field Equation, the Schrodinger Equation, Newton's Laws, Fermat's numerous

Re: Mathematics and the Structure of Reality

2002-12-03 Thread Osher Doctorow
From Osher Doctorow [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tues. Dec. 3, 2002 1601 Tim, I quote first your comment early in your posting on my RET theory. [TIM] I don't think the world's nonacceptance of RET means it is on par with category theory, just because some here don't think much of it. [OSHER] Next, I