“Oh look at my beautiful math, it’s only meant to be looked at and not used to explain or discover anything.”
- No mathematician I know
This may have applications to “obscure physics topic”
– Mathematicians I know trying to justify their work well knowing that it has no applications
Idk man I’ve seen mathematicians at my university shudder at applied math and they were kind of half joking and half not. Not all of the faculty were like that though, some of them had a wide range of interests! My favourite was a wonderful Polish professor named Edward who knew tons of things about not just math but also computer science, physics, and chemistry.
Mathematician be like:
Hey engineer ! What if we kissed at the intersection of two parallel lines ?? 😳
Haha just kiding…
Unless … ? 👉👈
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.
That’s tough to swallow. Philosophy almost belongs at both ends.
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.
Mathematics is the only branch of science that will continue long after the universe ends.:-)
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.
Except there is math in nature, such as fractals, the Fibonacci sequence, and the wave behavior or sound and light. Sure nature doesn’t have any awareness of doing math, but it is there. Not all math is made up just for our understanding.
That’s kinda the point though. Math is a language inspired by reality. It describes the logical 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.
This conversation reminds me of the first couple times i surfed Reddit over a decade ago. It was so cool to be in a place where intelligent and interesting discussion was happening… Wish i could contribute something useful to it, but i just want to thank you all for carrying that kind of energy into the '20s 🥂
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.
PBS Spacetime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F__elfR3w8c
Technically true but most math is motivated by nature
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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.
Think e meant in the sense that math is true regardless of the universe (or some people believe)
How in the world did you manage to make that image so small
They probably copied the url for a thumbnail by mistake.
I copied the URL from Google. I thought I got the right one. It looks fine on my phone. Must look different on desktop.
it is teeny on my phone lol
Can anyone read what the next person says?
Math!!!
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:
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As an engineer, we would be fishing from the black cat’s bucket
As a manager, I would ask you to file a Jira ticket first.
Hey, I raised a ticket
It just went through the board into done within 5s of me creating it…
Archimedes constant for pi is good enough to get to the moon. Send it.
Not with a rod. But with a hairdryer.
I always say this to annoy my math and science friends
Engineers live in the real world
Scientists live in the ideal world
And mathematicians… live in their own world
this is exactly why i like math. i get to play pretend in my own little world
Engineers live in the real world
Yeah, that cat is definitely a cylinder
I feel like the raccoon needs to be handing off “his” fish to an engineer to gut and scale and fillet for him.
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Newton 🗿
