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He lost me at the beginning. Paraphrasing Wolfgang Pauli, “That is not only not right; it is not even wrong.” Certainly much of math was born from science. But
by projectileboy 8y ago
He lost me at the beginning. Paraphrasing Wolfgang Pauli, “That is not only not right; it is not even wrong.” Certainly much of math was born from science. But the notion of pure mathematics goes back to antiquity.
- ahartmetz 8y agoI think his point is that mathematics has always been an abstraction of physical things before the effort to basically invent first principles of mathematics, axioms.
- romwell 8y agoI would advise you to go and read his statement in full. His point is quite valid, even if some of the phrasing is not well-perceived.
- projectileboy 8y agoThanks for the response. I took your advice and was glad I did. After reading the entire piece, I agree with your statement.
- romwell 8y agoThank you for following through!