Mario,

You say "Math is a human invention. What math DESCRIBES is not. Definitions are human inventions. What is BEING defined is not."

How do you know that what math describes (or what is being defined) is not a human invention?
I think you are taking a leap of faith!

Have fun -- Dick

• Let me clarify (Alex's post, too) - stormcrow - April 30, 2001 - 20:38 UTC
  • Pythagoras's theorem is only true in a flat universe - yanniru - April 30, 2001 - 21:08 UTC
    • A technicality, it was just an example - stormcrow - May 1, 2001 - 03:03 UTC
  • Pythagoras's theorem - doctordick - May 1, 2001 - 15:13 UTC
    • re: Pythagoras's theorem - aurino - May 1, 2001 - 16:14 UTC
      • The reason we choose our perceptions - paulm - May 1, 2001 - 17:12 UTC
        • Good post, but... - harvey1 - May 1, 2001 - 17:45 UTC
          • ...but What?? - paulm - May 1, 2001 - 18:16 UTC
            • re: Dick's model - harvey1 - May 1, 2001 - 19:33 UTC
          • I am moved to speak! - doctordick - May 1, 2001 - 19:27 UTC
            • More comments - harvey1 - May 1, 2001 - 19:50 UTC
              • I am getting tired of this! - doctordick - May 1, 2001 - 21:31 UTC
                • If you're tired Dick, take some time off and go to Europe. (NT) - paulm - May 1, 2001 - 21:33 UTC
                  • Hi Paul! - doctordick - May 2, 2001 - 14:31 UTC
                    • I haven't given up on the theorem thing. - paulm - May 2, 2001 - 16:15 UTC
              • re: I am getting tired of this! - harvey1 - May 1, 2001 - 23:12 UTC
                • Try this out. - doctordick - May 2, 2001 - 17:46 UTC
                  • Thanks Dick - harvey1 - May 2, 2001 - 19:14 UTC
                    • Sorry, I got sick - been in bed all day! - doctordick - May 4, 2001 - 00:59 UTC
                      • Get well soon! - paulm - May 4, 2001 - 02:29 UTC
                      • re: Get well soon! - harvey1 - May 4, 2001 - 21:28 UTC
                        • We may be getting somewhere - paulm - May 5, 2001 - 00:02 UTC
                        • re: We may be getting somewhere - harvey1 - May 7, 2001 - 23:04 UTC
                          • We may be getting further - paulm - May 8, 2001 - 00:41 UTC
                          • Another apostle for Dick :) - aurino - May 8, 2001 - 14:13 UTC
                            • I'm a physicist - yanniru - May 9, 2001 - 11:49 UTC
                              • Come on Richard - aurino - May 9, 2001 - 13:02 UTC
                                • but not the direction of looking - yanniru - May 10, 2001 - 11:40 UTC
                    • re: Sorry, I got sick - been in bed all day - harvey1 - May 4, 2001 - 19:28 UTC
                      • correction - harvey1 - May 4, 2001 - 19:33 UTC
                        • Correction question - paulm - May 4, 2001 - 22:42 UTC
                          • Correct sp: bored (nt) - harvey1 - May 5, 2001 - 14:12 UTC
        • Not necessarily - aurino - May 1, 2001 - 17:54 UTC
          • Actually, Harv said the same thing - aurino - May 1, 2001 - 17:59 UTC
          • Your communication skills - paulm - May 1, 2001 - 18:30 UTC
            • No beliefs = agreement - aurino - May 1, 2001 - 19:26 UTC
              • Quibbling=disagreement - paulm - May 1, 2001 - 21:28 UTC
                • This is not working - aurino - May 2, 2001 - 12:49 UTC
                  • OK. I'll be watching for it (NT) - paulm - May 2, 2001 - 16:18 UTC
                    • Still watching Paul? - aurino - May 5, 2001 - 15:42 UTC
  • 9 planets - doctordick - May 1, 2001 - 15:17 UTC
    • Dick, do u believe that light is not there when u close eyes? - alexander - May 1, 2001 - 23:19 UTC
      • Do U Believe! - doctordick - May 2, 2001 - 18:31 UTC
        • Well, nature does not philosophize. - alexander - May 3, 2001 - 02:17 UTC