From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Sat Dec 07 2002 - 14:41:34 MST
Ross noted:
<<What you illustrate there is the difference between math and mathematics.
We could expect any rational being to comprehend rational numeric and
other mathematical relations, except for philosophers. That is to say,
any sufficiently advanced (alien) life form has a glimpse of math and
probably socially understands some mathematics>>
My quibble was that your post seemed to indicate that human thought or
mathematics is somehow non-material; when I surmise that it is purely the
interaction of of human biology, neural biology, culture, etc; and is purely
material. No mathematics without a sufficently complex brain to conceive of
it or recognize it.
Igf you can identify a non-material aspect to the universe, please let me
know, for tht is in itself a revolution.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Wed Jan 15 2003 - 17:58:37 MST