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Math and Reality
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RE: Math and Reality
I think math is just a language to express truths about reality. Sae speaks of blue being a real hue that, when perceived, becomes first a color to our eyes (if we can see) then some precursor impulses in our brains that becomes the word "blue" after passing through our speech centers. I would say that blue is a wavelength of light. The word blue happens to be a great vehicle to pass the knowledge to another person but is no more the color than our perception is the color. It is possible that when I see blue Sae perceives what I would call red even though she would agree that it is blue. This might explain why we all like different colors, and combinations of colors, because they appear differently depending on how our person formed.

So does math = reality? Only as much as any other descriptive language equals what it is describing. We only ever perceive a model of reality, and out of necessity we have to assume that there is an objective reality.

Rhizo
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Math and Reality - by Purple Rabbit - February 14, 2010 at 7:43 am
RE: Math and Reality - by Violet - February 14, 2010 at 4:39 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by fr0d0 - February 14, 2010 at 5:16 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by Purple Rabbit - February 14, 2010 at 5:05 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by Violet - February 14, 2010 at 6:30 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by Purple Rabbit - February 14, 2010 at 5:22 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by fr0d0 - February 14, 2010 at 5:51 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by TruthWorthy - February 14, 2010 at 7:50 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by tackattack - February 15, 2010 at 8:30 am
RE: Math and Reality - by Rhizomorph13 - February 15, 2010 at 12:29 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by Purple Rabbit - February 15, 2010 at 5:01 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by mannaka - March 17, 2012 at 8:01 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by Categories+Sheaves - March 18, 2012 at 9:11 am
RE: Math and Reality - by mannaka - March 18, 2012 at 1:35 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by Violet - February 15, 2010 at 5:49 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by Purple Rabbit - February 16, 2010 at 3:20 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by Violet - March 18, 2012 at 11:41 am
RE: Math and Reality - by Rhizomorph13 - March 18, 2012 at 1:26 pm
RE: Math and Reality - by Categories+Sheaves - March 18, 2012 at 3:42 pm

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