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Posted by Mario Dovalina on November 30, 2001 16:58:13 UTC

I think Luis was trying to say that not all mathematical equations have bearings on reality, and those that do are imperfect (the ideal gas equation only applies to a theoretical ideal gas, for example.) But math in the end still controls everything, even if it's a little more complex than 2x2=4.

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Math is always right. People aren't. - alexander - November 30, 2001 - 17:30 UTC
- Michael Pearson brought up an interesting point... - luis_hamburgh - November 30, 2001 - 20:22 UTC
  - Mechanistic Determinism - stormcrow - December 1, 2001 - 17:32 UTC
    - More dimensions - luis_hamburgh - December 2, 2001 - 20:14 UTC
    - Free will, Entropy, and the predetermination of the universe... - nwaphotographer - October 18, 2002 - 12:31 UTC
      - I suppose I should've remembered to mention "free will"... - nwaphotographer - October 18, 2002 - 12:37 UTC
  - Luis, math and determinism are different things (not synonims) - alexander - December 3, 2001 - 20:26 UTC

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