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This question — is maths discovered or invented? — was discussed at length in a recent BBC series: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bn9dth https://www.bbc.co.
by gregknicholson 8y ago
This question — is maths discovered or invented? — was discussed at length in a recent BBC series: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bn9dth https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bn9dth
- darkerside 8y agoI wonder if there are languages where there is no real dichotomy between these two terms
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- wlib 8y ago"Invent" comes from Latin and simply means "find". If you think about it, no matter what language, there is no fine line. An invention is just a discovery, but we typically use the word to describe a very specific discovery.
- wallace_f 8y agoWell I always thought there was a fine line: an invention must be brought into existance witj intelligent design (probably by a human), and a discovery exists naturally.
- darkerside 8y agoThe English language often has multiple synonyms with a difference in connotation. Discover and invent may be synonyms (although many would disagree), but everybody would agree at least the connotation is different. My hypothesis above was that there may be languages where that connotation does not exist.
- wallace_f 8y agoa YT link to ep 1: https://youtu.be/cyvDG8qjt-M https://youtu.be/cyvDG8qjt-M