On 19 November 2014 07:13, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > > Physics has become so abstract and mathematical that it tempts > philosophers to conclude that mathematics is all there is. >
Surely it has been that way since at least Newton's time? > An interesting question is whether a complete mathematical description > constitutes the thing described? If you had a complete, precise > description of a world and how it works, would it add anything to also say, > "It exists"? > > This is where Hawking asks what breathes fire into the equation, while Tegmark says we have no need of that hypothesis. If Tegmark's right the fire in the equations might turn out to be phlogiston. -- 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/d/optout.
