Mario,

Where did I ever say that? When your math teacher says "x is the unknown", is that equivalent to saying x can never be known for sure? I think not. It is nothing more than a starting point for logical analysis.

You can solve a lot more problems when you attack them in the abstract than you can if you try to stick to arithmetic: popping an answer out of your imagination and then checking if it works! That is the way children try to do math. It is a very slow and error prone procedure.

All I am doing is putting an abstract handle on the problem scientists have been trying to solve since they started. I say, "here, why don't you try this, start with what you *know* and solve for reality?" And they say they already know what reality is.

Have fun -- Dick

• Dick, can you stop fogging clear issues? - alexander - July 28, 2001 - 16:10 UTC
  • No, I am afraid you are fogging a clear issue. - doctordick - July 29, 2001 - 12:44 UTC