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Math isn’t immune to error and more commonly ambiguity. That said mathematicians tend to have an admirable diligence and sky high intelligence, so yeah there’s
by User23 4y ago
Math isn’t immune to error and more commonly ambiguity. That said mathematicians tend to have an admirable diligence and sky high intelligence, so yeah there’s a ton of quality work. With rigorous formality and computer checking it’s conceivable that math as a field can become virtually flawless.
As for physics, well it depends. Laboratory physics has produced the finest predictions in any science by several orders of magnitude. Quantum Electrodynamics is freakishly accurate. On the other hand it’s hard for me to see cosmology, to gently pick on an easy target, as more than extremely well researched and plausible science fiction. Then you have particle physics which has excellent laboratory equipment and produced fantastic results, but which has, in the opinion of at least one elite particle physicist personally known to me, perhaps painted itself into a corner. The Standard Model is good enough for government work, but nobody believes it’s the best possible theory.