Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 15:08:49 02/12/04
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On February 12, 2004 at 15:11:32, F. Huber wrote: >On February 12, 2004 at 15:00:51, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>On February 12, 2004 at 14:03:49, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>It's called math. There are things higher than that too, but math will do for >>>now. >> >>What things are higher than math? >> >>>That's because mathematics is the queen of >>>science. >> >>What's the king? > >Maybe he means ´Philosophy´? - But _I_ would rather prefer ´Math´! ;-) Perhaps. To me, the word "math" means something quite different. I don't think Dann meant the thing I call "math." Math, as I see it, is a preoccupation with proofs and the use of proofs to construct mathematical systems like boolian algebra. At it's foundation, all mathematical systems are based on unproven assumptions. If one or more of these assumptions is proven wrong, the whole system collapses like a house of cards when one pulls out one of the bottom cards. I don't think Dann was talking about that. Bob D.
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