(February 2, 2012 at 6:22 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Mathmatics does not need to "survive" any more than newtonian physics needed to "survive". Just as we can get by fairly well using newtonian phyics to make predictions, math will still be able to explain exactly why one pint and one cup equals three cups.
But that's not the point. I've never suggested that mathematics would suddenly become useless where it once worked. On the contrary you're speaking to someone who actually loves mathematics.
The point that I'm addressing has to do with the topic of the thread.
Do you believe in god or math?
That very question is suggestive that mathematics hold some special all-encompassing power.
That simply may not be the case at all.
As much as I love mathematics and understand how it applies to the macro universe, I'm not afraid to face the possibility that it may very well be limited in just how far it can go to describing the true nature of reality in general.
Like I already mentioned, I already have alternative ideas for moving beyond mathematics as we currently understand it. So the threat of our current mathematical formalism failing as a description of reality beyond the macro world doesn't even bother me all that much.
It wouldn't be the end of the world.
Christian - A moron who believes that an all-benevolent God can simultaneously be a hateful jealous male-chauvinistic pig.
Wiccan - The epitome of cerebral evolution having mastered the magical powers of the universe and is in eternal harmony with the mind of God.
Atheist - An ill-defined term that means something different to everyone who uses it.
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Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Clearly Jesus (a fictitious character or otherwise) will forgive people if they merely know not what they do
For the Bible Tells us so!
Wiccan - The epitome of cerebral evolution having mastered the magical powers of the universe and is in eternal harmony with the mind of God.
Atheist - An ill-defined term that means something different to everyone who uses it.
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Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Clearly Jesus (a fictitious character or otherwise) will forgive people if they merely know not what they do
For the Bible Tells us so!
