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so what the fuck is mathematics really?

NOVA did an episode recently on this. Like, what the fuck *i...
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It's a system of white oppression.
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like a symphony. it's very erotic.
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It's like numbers and shit. You do stuff with them.
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  12/13/15
*do* what?
Light useless bawdyhouse
  12/14/15
You can add them. And multiply sometimes
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  12/24/15
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  12/24/15
It's inherent to our interpretation of the world.
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  12/13/15
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  12/14/15
it's an elaborate tautology/sophistry. HTH.
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  12/14/15
its FRAUD
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are you asking what is language?
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Mathematical theory is really boring when you think about it...
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can any math guys comment on whether this guy's statement is...
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It's a representation of most of reality in the physical wor...
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how drunk are you?
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stfu u piece of shit. im tired being asked how how i am when...
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there isn't a single multiline poast ITT that closer to 'ref...
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omfg, ur the guy that wanted socrates put to death, arent yo...
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NOVA said some of this too. It's also been largely ineffecti...
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mathematics is a way to model reality. this is what people f...
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To be fair, Threads like this are when I really wish Bach...
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(philo shithead)
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it's an extension of human intuitions about space, quantity,...
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At the very least, the physical world can be mapped to incre...
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my opinion on this is that math is a reflection of some real...
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it is. i said describe, but you could say explain, represen...
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Date: December 13th, 2015 11:51 PM
Author: Light useless bawdyhouse

NOVA did an episode recently on this. Like, what the fuck *is* it? is it just a system used to explain the physical world, or is the physical world itself mathematics? like something inherent?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374237)



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Date: December 13th, 2015 11:52 PM
Author: bateful station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374243)



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Date: December 13th, 2015 11:58 PM
Author: Angry Aphrodisiac Casino

It's a system of white oppression.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374277)



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Date: December 24th, 2015 2:37 AM
Author: Duck-like friendly grandma kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29445130)



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Date: December 13th, 2015 11:58 PM
Author: hyperactive prole

like a symphony. it's very erotic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374282)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:07 AM
Author: ruddy temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374371)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 7:04 AM
Author: comical locale



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29375159)



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Date: December 13th, 2015 11:59 PM
Author: Self-centered kitty twinkling uncleanness

It's like numbers and shit. You do stuff with them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374289)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:12 AM
Author: Light useless bawdyhouse

*do* what?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374423)



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Date: December 24th, 2015 2:38 AM
Author: Duck-like friendly grandma kitchen

You can add them. And multiply sometimes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29445133)



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Date: December 24th, 2015 2:38 AM
Author: Duck-like friendly grandma kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29445132)



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Date: December 13th, 2015 11:59 PM
Author: Sick heaven

It's inherent to our interpretation of the world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374290)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:06 AM
Author: bronze milk

Arabic propaganda

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374356)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:13 AM
Author: Learning Disabled Fragrant Orchestra Pit National Security Agency

it's an elaborate tautology/sophistry.

HTH.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374433)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:14 AM
Author: Coiffed telephone

its FRAUD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374435)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:14 AM
Author: alcoholic cerise nursing home potus

are you asking what is language?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374437)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:15 AM
Author: Aromatic roast beef persian

Mathematical theory is really boring when you think about it. You are just manipulating #s for the sake of it. The theory almost always precedes the application problem. So it's not like you are coming up with shit to actually solve some real world problem. You are just like "hey, lol, wouldn't it be fun to see if 5,000 prime #s add up to a certain amoutn, and then what if we divided them, and what if we did X to them, and lol hey there's al ittle pattern. I think I'll call that a law!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374441)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:16 AM
Author: supple kitty cat

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374446)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:21 AM
Author: Light useless bawdyhouse

can any math guys comment on whether this guy's statement is retarded?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374468)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:19 AM
Author: Thriller house-broken sound barrier ratface

It's a representation of most of reality in the physical world. I can't say all, because mathematics alone has not or maybe cannot explain the essence on many things - why certain emotions give subjective feelings, or why certain colors look the way they do on a personal level. Yes you could argue color that yellow is a reflection of a specific wavelength, but still doesn't get to why yellow looks like yellow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374457)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:21 AM
Author: hyperactive prole

how drunk are you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374464)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:25 AM
Author: Doobsian knife mad-dog skullcap

stfu u piece of shit. im tired being asked how how i am when i say stuff like the above. you fucking unreflective loser, what do you think he means? dumb ass.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374480)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:31 AM
Author: hyperactive prole

there isn't a single multiline poast ITT that closer to 'reflective' than 'pretentious drivel'

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374508)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:36 AM
Author: Doobsian knife mad-dog skullcap

omfg, ur the guy that wanted socrates put to death, arent you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374536)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:23 AM
Author: Light useless bawdyhouse

NOVA said some of this too. It's also been largely ineffective at explaining/predicting weather patterns or the stock market.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374472)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:26 AM
Author: Narrow-minded chocolate native

mathematics is a way to model reality. this is what people forget. its not exact, it never was. F=ma is something mathtards obsess about, but these sorts of 'laws' just break down on a subatomic level. also there are a bunch of useless parts of math. all these autistic patterns with primes has no practical use other than cryptography which is in itself a man-made phenomenon. lol @ terrance tao spending his life trying to prove useless prime number theorems.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374486)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:21 AM
Author: Geriatric racy becky

To be fair,

Threads like this are when I really wish Bach was still around

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374463)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:21 AM
Author: pink skinny woman nowag

(philo shithead)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374466)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 12:35 AM
Author: cracking bat-shit-crazy hell mad cow disease

it's an extension of human intuitions about space, quantity, and functional and symbolic relationships

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29374532)



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Date: December 14th, 2015 7:03 AM
Author: curious red stage

At the very least, the physical world can be mapped to incredible precision using math, tautological as the math may be.

Maybe reality is just as tautological, but that's beyond the scope of math.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29375158)



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Date: December 16th, 2015 3:39 PM
Author: Light useless bawdyhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29392863)



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Date: December 24th, 2015 1:27 AM
Author: Light useless bawdyhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29444906)



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Date: December 24th, 2015 1:34 AM
Author: Doobsian knife mad-dog skullcap

my opinion on this is that math is a reflection of some reality, its not reality itself. anybody that believes reality IS math is a fucking moron.

my other hypothesis is that the mind is NOT the same as a complete description of the chemical processes of the brain and the nervous system.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29444934)



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Date: December 24th, 2015 1:45 AM
Author: Opaque Cocky Legal Warrant Church Building

i'm a moron

math is a numerical expression of truth

math can completely describe anything and everything

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29444970)



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Date: December 24th, 2015 1:46 AM
Author: Doobsian knife mad-dog skullcap

math can describe, but its not the thing it is describing.

that nova documentary was trying to say that reality is mathematics itself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29444973)



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Date: December 24th, 2015 1:48 AM
Author: Opaque Cocky Legal Warrant Church Building

it is.

i said describe, but you could say explain, represent, present, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29444978)



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Date: December 24th, 2015 1:50 AM
Author: Doobsian knife mad-dog skullcap

it is not. and like a poster above me said, how would math describe the quality of seeing yellow. or pain, or joy.

and math is not the thing-in-itself, if you believe that you are so fucking lost.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29444984)



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Date: December 24th, 2015 1:35 AM
Author: Learning Disabled Fragrant Orchestra Pit National Security Agency

gayporn faggotry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29444937)



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Date: December 24th, 2015 2:22 AM
Author: contagious business firm useless brakes

language to describe inherently quantifiable phenomena, e.g., the physical world, the interrelationships of numbers, quantifiable aspects of human behavior

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29445077)



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Date: December 24th, 2015 2:24 AM
Author: disgusting big rigpig



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Date: December 24th, 2015 2:41 AM
Author: primrose overrated space double fault

its hard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#29445141)



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Date: May 26th, 2025 12:48 AM
Author: pink skinny woman nowag

lollercausting HARD ITT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#48961674)



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Date: May 26th, 2025 12:49 AM
Author: Indigo candlestick maker patrolman

describes the structure of thinking directly and the physical world indirectly, since the physical world is mediated by thinking.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3069857&forum_id=2#48961676)