From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Tue Jan 04 2005 - 21:12:29 GMT
Hi Platt, (Paul, et al)
On 4 Jan 2005 at 8:53, Platt Holden wrote:
Thanks for explaining the connection between "imaginary numbers" and
"empirical reality." A most interesting explication.
msh:
Glad you find it interesting. I do too, but I would add, as I did to
Rich in another post, that I'm not suggesting that these
equations somehow prove that God exists and that she's a
mathematician. My point is that the correlation between math and
physical reality appears to be more than just measuring things, then
tweaking equations, then measuring, then tweaking until the equations
become useful. Sometimes, as in this case, the equations come before
any measuring is even possible: Einstein predicting the warp of light
as it passes through gravitational fields, for example.
But this apparent symmetry between math and physical reality may just
be a result of the fact that we, i.e. our minds, are an inseparable
part of the phenomena we are trying to describe. I don't know...
Anyway, I have a friend who's a math genius (Ph.D. at 23, a real
freak); I'll see what he thinks about this and let you know.
Best for the New Year,
Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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