On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If mathematics was a language, there would not be any open problem in pure > mathematics. > Sure there would be, nobody can give a description of anything in any language if they don't know what the thing looks like. Nobody can give a mathematical description of a quantum theory of gravity because as of today nobody knows what such a theory would look like. English is a language too and it can also pose open questions about reality, such as " what color were Shakespeare's maternal grandfather's eyes?". Also, Mathematics like any language can describe fictional as well as non-fictional worlds and pose open questions about them, such as "is the continuum hypothesis true?". The equivalent in English would be "what color were Harry Potter's maternal grandfather's eyes?". > > Then UDA shows that > [...] > Oh no, we're back with that damn Universal Dance Association ! John K Clark -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
