Dear LizR, What would happen is mathematics did not amazingly match up with the patterns of phenomena of the physical world? Think about it. We expect a model of a system to match that system as best possible, so what is magical about symbolic representational systems that obey rules? I somehow miss the amazement. Maybe because I have to actually study and understand the most arcane math ever imagined...
Try this! http://www.futuretg.com/FTHumanEvolutionCourse/FTFreeLearningKits/01-MA-Mathematics,%20Economics%20and%20Preparation%20for%20University/001-MA01-HI00-High%20School%20Mathematics,%20Preparation%20and%20Recreational%20Science/13%20-%20Recreational%20Science/D.E.Littlewood%20-%20The%20Skeleton%20Key%20of%20Mathematics%5BHarper,%20136p%5D.pdf Fun! :-) On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 6:06 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14 January 2014 11:29, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 1/13/2014 1:29 PM, LizR wrote: >> >> On 14 January 2014 10:17, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 1/13/2014 10:54 AM, L.W. Sterritt wrote: >>> >>> Isn’t this just the reification fallacy? From Wikipedia: >>> Reification (also known as concretism, or the fallacy of misplaced >>> concreteness) is a fallacy of ambiguity, when >>> an abstraction (abstract belief or hypothetical construct) is treated as if >>> it were a concrete, real event, or physical entity. In other words, it is >>> the error of treating as a concrete thing something which is not concrete, >>> but merely an idea. >>> >>> >>> Like reifying arithmetic. >>> >> >> I do indeed! >> >> :-) >> >> Fallaciously? ;-) >> > > Quite possibly, of course! But in my humble opinion, Max Tegmark and Bruno > and Eugene Wigner (and Galileo, Gauss, Einstein etc) do have a point, that > maths does seem to "kick back" and to be "unreasonably effective", and I > think that it's worth thinking about why that is, even if it leads us into > what may be wild flights of fancy ... just in case they turn out not to be. > >> >> In your model of the world, with chairs and tables and planets and >> people, where is the number 2? >> >> It's part of an explanation of where the chairs and tables etc come from. > > (Perhaps!) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/TBc_y2MZV5c/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Kindest Regards, Stephen Paul King Senior Researcher Mobile: (864) 567-3099 [email protected] http://www.provensecure.us/ “This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may be constituted as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, notify sender immediately and delete this message immediately.” -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
