NJ5 said:
Kasz216 said:
Gnizmo said:
Math is surprsingly full of numbers that seem to have no real world equivalent. As has been said many times i is very important for various engineering tasks despite it being imaginary. As another fun mind twist: Calculus teaches you how you divide by zero. Once you start getting into the higher level maths you just need to forget everything your teachers have ever taught you. |
Which I kinda think is his point. Then again maybe not since he's 13.
Is math real and perfect? Or is it a system that is fundamentally wrong but we keep adding stuff to make it work.
They're easy to understand and use in the system we've created Mathmatics... but the question is... are they really "real" with no physical evidence or are they just a modern spacial goo... like the kind that was theorized to move the planets?
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How can math be "wrong"? Please explain.
Imaginary numbers weren't added to "make it work", they were added because they work. It also turned out that they're pretty useful.
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What is math? It is something in which we explain how existance works.
What happens everytime Math can't explain something? Something is "discovered" that makes it work.
What is religion? It is something in which we explain how existance works.
What happens everytime religion can't explain something? Someone "discovers" or hears how or why it was made that way so it works.
Mostly devils advocate here.... but what "proofs" do we have that prove mathematics?
