P.S. You should also remember that I have always insisted and continue to
insist that maths is only one half of a true formal science of abstract
form. It deals with *regular* forms and patterns (and offers means of
analysing *individual* irregular forms in terms of regular forms).
We need another half -a "geographics" to complement "geometry" - that
analyses *classes * of irrregular forms in terms of the icons/ideas (as
distinct from formulae) that generate them. Maths - esp freeform geometry -
can, to repeat, only analyse individual irregular forms NOT classes of
them - NOT classes of rocks, blobs, waterdops, NOT classes of patchworks.
There is no maths/geometric formula for rock forms - but there is a strong
case that there is an iconic idea.
Maths is wonderful as a basis for creating regular technology - regular,
uniform machines. But it doesn't tell us how "God" (or how we can) create
the irregular, multiform forms of nature, from rocks to clouds, from amoebae
to humans. A true systems physics and biology now need to understand that.
God is even more of an abstract artist than mathematician. Not either/or,
but both/and.
[Let's just forget about it, right? Let's just do the same old maths -
that's the best way to be creative - do the same old with minor tweaks, over
and over - that gets such great results].
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AGI
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