That is a great story:
*Conversations on Mind, Matter, and Mathematics* Jean-Pierre Changeux, Alain Connes https://books.google.com/books?id=QnBdhJbfqOAC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7 @philipthrift On Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 12:10:54 AM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > A physicist goes off to a conference. After a week his suit’s gotten > soiled and crumpled, so he goes out to look for a dry cleaner. Walking down > the main street of town, he comes upon a store with a lot of signs out > front. One of them says “Dry Cleaning.” So he goes in with his dirty suit > and asks when he can come back to pick it up. The mathematician who owns > the shop replies, “I’m terribly sorry, but we don’t do dry cleaning.” > “What?” exclaims the puzzled physicist. “The sign outside says ‘Dry > Cleaning’!” “We do not do anything here,” replies the mathematician. “We > only sell signs!” > --- Alain Connes, in Changeux > > On 10/1/2019 9:51 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 1:30:12 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: >> >> How Many Universes Are There? >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XglOw2_lozc> >> >> John K Clark >> > > > > Only one, at last count. > > > Scientists should not play with maths like children with matches. > [image: Image] > <https://twitter.com/philipthrift/status/1179088876058624000/photo/1> > · > > > > @philipthrift > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/bed505d3-4d06-4570-8ed5-7079d3314546%40googlegroups.com.
