can mathematics explain humanity?

[etilit]

i didn't see any research on this subject why?

 

[HotDougBunz]

Sure it can, stupid marries stupid equals very stupid. Oh wait, that is only multiplication not all math. So only multiplication has been addressed. But your asking kinda makes me go out and turn a trig...:rofl:

 

[garth33]

Sure it can, stupid marries stupid equals very stupid. Oh wait, that is only multiplication not all math. So only multiplication has been addressed. But your asking kinda makes me go out and turn a trig...:rofl:

wasn't that the whole point of Forrest Gump? Stupid is as stupid does....YET he did almost as well as Elitititlot has done..and my point was?

I forgot:blushing:

 

[brmstn69]

We can load up my Smith & Wesson and work on subtractions...

Oh... God... That really does sound demented of me...
I think I may need help...

 

[etilit]

Oh... God... That really does sound demented of me...
I think I may need help...

your just figuring that out now? lol

 

[Sinnerr]

Maybe. But not even Einstein wouldn't good enought in math to do it.

 

[Tjerk12]

I saw in several posts that the term Mathematics gets a rather strange value. As if it is a kind of miracle tool that solves everything. Mathematics is nothing more than a kind of toolkit, filled with mathematical twisters and spanners. Albert Einstein wasn't good at all in mathematics. He was an expert in physics. When he had developed his relativity theory he wrote a letter to his friend Prof. Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (a physics professor in Leiden and founder of the theory that the speed of light is the highest possible speed). Einstein was convinced that his theory was correct. Time to start getting enough skill in mathematics to write things down properly, he wrote.
Mathematics will never explain humanity. Maybe physics can, ever.

 

[bigsal]

In my country there is this saying:

"Mathematics is not opinion"

Also called "cold matter"

 

[slimjim]

Can humanity explain mathematics?

 

[SimplyJakeAndAlex]

We can load up my Smith & Wesson and work on subtractions...

Oh... God... That really does sound demented of me...
I think I may need help...

:rofl::rofl::rofl: You are really sound like a former marine :rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

[brmstn69]

I saw in several posts that the term Mathematics gets a rather strange value. As if it is a kind of miracle tool that solves everything. Mathematics is nothing more than a kind of toolkit, filled with mathematical twisters and spanners. Albert Einstein wasn't good at all in mathematics. He was an expert in physics. When he had developed his relativity theory he wrote a letter to his friend Prof. Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (a physics professor in Leiden and founder of the theory that the speed of light is the highest possible speed). Einstein was convinced that his theory was correct. Time to start getting enough skill in mathematics to write things down properly, he wrote.
Mathematics will never explain humanity. Maybe physics can, ever.

Math is the common language of the universe...

 

[Tjerk12]

Math is the common language of the universe...

Language allows people to exchange thoughts. First only with sounds, later we were going to put those things on paper, with characters. Language is a tool, not a means in itself. If someone has extremely good language skills, then that gives no guarantee that he can communicate everything to someone else. Therefor he will first need to understand his own thoughts. Just try to explain what the real reason is why men excite you sexually and women don’t.
Mathematics was created by people. We organize abstract thoughts according to fixed appointments. And if you organize it is helpful to separate things properly. You also sort your post on different stacks. We have invented logarithms to make big numbers insightful, differentials to make clear differences. We even can calculate in dimensions, of which we have no idea what they mean, but it works, because you always get exactly the same answers. That is the basis of mathematics.
You can call mathematics a language, but it is a human language, not the language of nature. I don't think a melon understands something if we say to him that his outline is his diameter multiplied by 22/7. We try to understand the nature by creating order in the apparent chaos. But even then there is a kind of genius thought necessary to fathom possible linkages. Einstein has its relativity reasoned on the basis of mind experiments. Therefore he didn’t need mathematics.
I am in good company in that opinion. Leonardo da Vinci went even further with his assertion:
Mathematics, Anatomy, natural knowledge and technique are just auxiliary Sciences of art.

 

[etilit]

Can humanity explain mathematics?

ya babe.. we thought about it so then doesnt that explain both? lol

 

[garth33]

Language allows people to exchange thoughts. First only with sounds, later we were going to put those things on paper, with characters. Language is a tool, not a means in itself. If someone has extremely good language skills, then that gives no guarantee that he can communicate everything to someone else. Therefor he will first need to understand his own thoughts. Just try to explain what the real reason is why men excite you sexually and women don’t.
Mathematics was created by people. We organize abstract thoughts according to fixed appointments. And if you organize it is helpful to separate things properly. You also sort your post on different stacks. We have invented logarithms to make big numbers insightful, differentials to make clear differences. We even can calculate in dimensions, of which we have no idea what they mean, but it works, because you always get exactly the same answers. That is the basis of mathematics.
You can call mathematics a language, but it is a human language, not the language of nature. I don't think a melon understands something if we say to him that his outline is his diameter multiplied by 22/7. We try to understand the nature by creating order in the apparent chaos. But even then there is a kind of genius thought necessary to fathom possible linkages. Einstein has its relativity reasoned on the basis of mind experiments. Therefore he didn’t need mathematics.
I am in good company in that opinion. Leonardo da Vinci went even further with his assertion:
Mathematics, Anatomy, natural knowledge and technique are just auxiliary Sciences of art.

This is far from my field of expertise but I remember reading many books (Carl Sagan in particular) about how if we ever come in contact with aliens - mathematics would likely be the only common language we could use to begin to communicate with them because mathematics are a constant no matter where you are in the universe. 2+2 always equals 4 - Prime numbers are always prime numbers and Pi is the same (and probably still delicious!) if you enjoy it on Earth or Mars. I should get points for still working in a joke there...

I kid, I kid but you get the point! Sagan's fiction book named "Contact" is a very interesting read along these lines. For those with short attention spans (and I'm looking right at you E!) there is also a movie by the same name starring Jodie Foster.

peace buddies,
g

 

[brmstn69]

This is far from my field of expertise but I remember reading many books (Carl Sagan in particular) about how if we ever come in contact with aliens - mathematics would likely be the only common language we could use to begin to communicate with them because mathematics are a constant no matter where you are in the universe. 2+2 always equals 4 - Prime numbers are always prime numbers and Pi is the same (and probably still delicious!) if you enjoy it on Earth or Mars. I should get points for still working in a joke there...

I kid, I kid but you get the point! Sagan's fiction book named "Contact" is a very interesting read along these lines. For those with short attention spans (and I'm looking right at you E!) there is also a movie by the same name starring Jodie Foster.

peace buddies,
g

Hence my statement about math being the common language of the universe...

 

[slimjim]

Prime numbers are always prime numbers and Pi is the same (and probably still delicious!) if you enjoy it on Earth or Mars.

peace buddies,
g

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[garth33]

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THANK YOU and GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE! But before I go - I do have to give the Brits all the credit for my sense of humor...that MR. BEAN? He was a gas!

(ok i'm sorry)

g

 

[slimjim]

I do have to give the Brits all the credit for my sense of humor...that MR. BEAN? He was a gas!

(ok i'm sorry)

g

So you want fart gags eh?????

 

[slimjim]

So you want fart gags eh?????

Pt 2

 

[JamesL]

Mathematics can't explain humanity but it can predict how humanity will react to a given situaton. For example, mathematics can predict food shortages in a certain country or region and additional food stuffs can be sent to bring relief or not sent leading to food riots.