(October 13, 2016 at 9:45 pm)Soldat Du Christ Wrote: @Aractus @mh.brewer
"Mathematics exists because it was invented by humans. It isn't some immaterial "truth" that was out there for us to discover. "
Just because we gave a name to describe what we observe in the natural world, doesn't mean we invented the observation. The golden rule exists wether or not we are here to observe it.
This is how it works, we observe patterns in the natural world that are absolute, and consistant, and universal, and then make a name to describe that observation, for example the fibonacci sequence:
http://www.livescience.com/37470-fibonac...uence.html
Previous link that seemed to go overlooked:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic...h-excerpt/
So are you changing your previous position that "mathematics makes up the foundation of our existence."?
As to "doesn't mean we invented the observation", you'll need to explain that in more detail.
The "golden rule" exists because a human said it and applied to a wish for human behavior. Please show me the golden rule in action in a petri dish.
Didn't miss the previous link, just didn't miss understand it as you appear to have.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.