Mathematics is the only branch of science that will continue long after the universe ends.:-)
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someguy3@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
OpenStars@kbin.social 11 months ago
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 11 months ago
Math is literally made up. There is no physical basis for math. Math is just another language used to describe things. The universe doesn’t care whether there’s “2 particles” or “1 particle and another particle” or “1 particle + 1 particle”. It doesn’t make these distinctions. Math only exists as long as there is an intelligent species which uses it. If there are no intelligent brains capable of using math and with a knowledge that it exists, math stops existing.
girl@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Except there is math in nature, such as fractals and the Fibonacci sequence. Sure nature doesn’t have any awareness of doing math, but it is there. Not all math is made up just for our understanding.
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 11 months ago
That’s kinda the point though. Math is a language inspired by reality. It describes relationships between things in an abstract format. Physical sciences like physics or chemistry build off it by adding rules and units to more accurately describe or predict real-world relationships, but at the end of the day, it’s all made up. Nature isn’t doing math to create a fractal any more than you’re doing math when you move your fingers or toes. Math doesn’t create a fractal, it describes it. You can then use that description to create a fractal, but the fractal isn’t math.
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Math isn’t really made up. It’s an innate property of the universe at minimum being interpreted by humans as numbers and equations.
It can also literally be what the universe is made of.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 11 months ago
You medan logic. Math is describing this in formulas.
anzich@feddit.de 11 months ago
Technically true but most math is motivated by nature
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 11 months ago
And it has an awkward syntax.
DarkenLM@kbin.social 11 months ago
Pretty sure that when humanity dies, math dies with it, and the universe won't give two fucks about it and continue on it's merry way.
CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
How in the world did you manage to make that image so small
Zorque@kbin.social 11 months ago
They probably copied the url for a thumbnail by mistake.
CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I copied the URL from Google. I thought I got the right one. It looks fine on my phone. Must look different on desktop.
Motzart@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Math!!!
Crul@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Extended version 1 (legible): http://i.imgur.com/WVGF9.jpg
Arranged by complexity: http://i.imgur.com/hDa0P5M.png
Extendend version 2: https://i.imgur.com/POrlDF4.png
Source:
cc @SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone @Zorque@kbin.social @girl@lemm.ee @RedditRefugee69@lemmy.world
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 11 months ago
Extended version 3: an actuarial analyst preparing for another exam.
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 11 months ago
I like the extended version, though I’m almost certain I saw an even more expanded version somewhere, though I haven’t been able to find it again.
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Pulptastic@midwest.social 11 months ago
That’s tough to swallow. Philosophy almost belongs at both ends.
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 11 months ago
No, I mean, I remember there being a further expanded version that adds more steps between social sciences and philosophy. I haven’t been able to find it though.