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Re:"It'll never work": a collection of failed predictions by ugh on Saturday February 19, 2011 @01:20PM (#2239510)
So mathematics is not even adequate to describe the universe? “Adequate” doesn’t imply ”perfect“ for me.
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Re:"It'll never work": a collection of failed predictions by hyko on Saturday February 19, 2011 @02:33PM (#2239703)
The meaning of the sentence hinges on the word 'describe'. I took it to mean a complete description.

You're right though, it could mean a description of any complexity, something Mathematics is well capable of.

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