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> Mathematics is a part of physics This feels backwards. I frequently joke "physics is the subset of mathematics that reflects the observable world". Math can
by godelski 17d ago
> Mathematics is a part of physics
This feels backwards. I frequently joke "physics is the subset of mathematics that reflects the observable world". Math can be as abstract as it wants, but physics has a constraint. It must model an observable world (related, this us part of why people say String Theory is math and not physics)
- GregBuchholz 17d agoWhat about the next 3,900 words after the first sentence? (yes, it is that V.I. Arnold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Arnold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Arnold )
- godelski 17d ago> What about the next 3,900 words after the first sentence? But had I read those I wouldn't have been able to feel smart with egg all over my face.