View Single Post
volantis
Blue Belt

AKA: David Thomson
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 97
14 volantis is on a distinguished road
Quote  
06-25-2005, 12:31 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by AntonioLao
math is not a science. This means it cannot prove or disprove the existence of any real thing. So, it cannot be used to prove, for examples, the existence of God, mermaid, or unicorn.
Math is understanding the relationship of quantities. Since all real things have quantities, math can be used to understand anything that is quantifiable. And if it is quantifiable, then that means it is likely real. So math can be evidence for proving the existence of God, if God can be quantified. The same goes for mermaids and unicorns.
Quote:
mathematical ideas are simply the products of human imaginations abstracted by the use of number systems for describing idealized observations about the external physical world and establishing a logical connection between the internal virtual mind and real brain, or imaginary force and real energy, or real space and imaginary time.
Wow, do humans have big egos or what? Mathematics is the result of the physical world being based upon quanta and proportions. You must have confused language with math. Language is what describes math. Math is a result of empirical observation. The concept of 1+1=2 was not invented by humans, but discovered by them. Empirically, it was found that if one rock is put next to one more rock, then there are two rocks. There are hundreds of languages that describe math, but math is universally the same regardless of the language. No matter how you say it, 1+1 will always equal 2.
Quote:
So, it is as fallable as that human mind is capable of being deceived by optical illusions deluding it to believe in a reality which can never of becoming actualized.
Math is based upon empirical observation. You cannot invent a mathematical function that has no basis in reality. If you do, it is called a mistake, not math.
Reply With Quote
volantis is offline
 
Debt Consolidation | Online Dating | Mobile Phone | Mbna | Credit Counseling