Re:Mathematicians discover the perfect way to multiply (2019)
by lal on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:13PM
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Well, mathematics wasn't discovered, so regardless of what the right word is, it isn't "discovered".
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Re:Mathematicians discover the perfect way to multiply (2019)
by quickthrower2 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:15PM
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That is really a philosophical question.
Re:Mathematicians discover the perfect way to multiply (2019)
by Asraelite on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @06:06AM
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This is the kind of thing that you can really overthink. I would just say it is whatever people call it.
Most people would intuitively say "invent" rather than "discover" so that's what it is. Words are defined by their usage. If that results in a strange and unsatisfying definition then so be it.
Re:Mathematicians discover the perfect way to multiply (2019)
by loxias on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:00PM
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I disagree, mathematics is 100% discovered. It's not like we humans are inventing it ourselves.
Re:Mathematicians discover the perfect way to multiply (2019)
by anamax on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @01:17AM
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Wolfram seems (to me) to say that he can show that math is some strange combination of invented (or rather, sensed) and discovered.
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2022/03/the-physicalizat...