From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Mon Jan 03 2005 - 13:56:06 GMT
Paul,
apart from
"are guided by preferences for"
where I would simply say "fit"
I agree with you - "good way of modelling" is the point.
Ian
PS (that word "good" again.)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Turner" <paul@turnerbc.co.uk>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 11:59 AM
Subject: RE: MD "Is there anything out there?"
> Hi Platt
>
> Platt said:
> Put it any way you wish, but how do you explain mathematical laws are a
> good approximation of what some of it (reality) tends to do? Just a
> coincidence, i.e., that (some) static value patterns just happen for no
> reason at all to fall into intelligible mathematical patterns?
>
> Paul:
> I'm sorry Platt but I don't get it. Are you saying that inorganic
> patterns are guided by mathematics? I think inorganic patterns are
> guided by preferences for certain relationships and mathematics is a
> good way of modelling those preferences.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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