Is the universe made of mathematics?
No. Mathematics is made of the universe. Next question?
There's a more serious discussion of this at the Secret Blogging Seminar. I'm gratified to see that Terence Tao agrees with me. If he didn't, I would of course change my opinion, but luckily I don't have to do that.
If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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1 comment:
I like that the more serious discussion is fueled by a comic with stick figures.
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