Joe, Joe, Joe,

How is your math these days?  When an error is returned for an
equation like 2/0, it means "Return to sender", or "Earth to Joe", or
"What are you asking?".  2/0 asks "how many times does nothing fit
into two?".  So tell me Joe, how many times can you fit nothing into
two if you are so fond of asking the question?  This would be like
asking how many times does Integrity fit into Beautiful?.  Don't you
think this would result in an error message from the calculator of
MoQ?

Typically evolution is described by mathematics.  I am referring to
the Evolution that is a theory in biology.  It is all math based.  You
know level of adaptation, predator/prey equations, life span.  All
math!  Darwin put a lot of species together in a linear (math) way.
But, you do not need to apologize because you are obviously talking
about a different sort of Evolution.  If you explain what you mean by
Evolution, I can respond with a rational post along those lines.

When I state that "Mathematics is a form of Metaphysics", I mean
simply this: Math is used to describe reality in the same way that MoQ
is used to describe reality.  There is no difference and each is an
equally valid method for such a description.  There is nothing more
real about mathematics than there is for MoQ, both are static
descriptions, and yes, they approach reality in different ways.
Perhaps you are of the mind that somehow Math is true whereas MoQ is
conjecture.  If so, I would have to suggest that you stop bowing down
to the religion of Scientism and see it for what it is.  This is not
to demean science;  I am in love with science and make a good living
using it.  Science describes reality like a blue print describes a
house.  The blueprint is not the house, science is not reality.

By way of metaphor, let me ask you this:  Let's say you enter into a
very good restaurant and a waiter gives you a menu.  You ask the
waiter what he would suggest for a meal.  The waiter takes one of the
pages of the menu and puts salt on it and suggests you eat it.
Wouldn't you think that is kind of strange?  Of course the menu is not
the food, just like a map of Ecuador is not the country.  In the same
way, math is not reality, and physics is not either.  They are all
descriptions, all analogies.  MoQ is the analogy we are working with.
To make it work we need to use rhetoric and a great variety of
descriptions and definitions, yes, DEFINITIONS.  Else-wise we will
just be acting silly.

Cheers,
Mark

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Joseph  Maurer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> The reply highlights the difference between language and math.  Math as a
> precise language seems to ignore analogy and metaphor procreation.  Division
> by 0 in math returns an error message, no creation.  The question I was
> asking is can evolution be described in mathematics.  If the answer is yes,
> my apologies. If, no, then metaphysics with analogy and metaphor is the
> proper discipline to discuss evolution beyond mathematical physics.
>
> I have not studied extensive mathematical levels, I am operating on the
> insight that metaphysics, and physics, do not share a common definition for
> the reality of evolution.  "Math is a form of metaphysics."
>
> I'm no good at tic-tac-toe. No room for disagreement except a fistfight.
>
> On 8/24/11 4:31 PM, "118" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Joe the Undefined Wizard,
>>
>> Is this a trick question? Or are you playing tic-tac-toe?
>>
>> By the way, are you ignoring my last email to you or are you still
>> digesting it (burp)?
>>
>> Mark, the Undefined Satan.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Joseph  Maurer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi Mark and all,
>>>
>>> DQ/SQ. X/0. Are they both metaphysical formulations?
>>>
>>> On 8/23/11 9:42 PM, "118" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Math is a form of metaphysics.
>>>
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