Miranda Vernard (likeclockwork) wrote in the_bullpen,
@ 2010-02-15 17:31:00

Why do so many people act like higher mathematics is frightening or inhuman? Math is a human creation, after all; and it's beautiful.

	lantern_kid 2010-02-16 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	::shrug:: A little above my pay grade. But maybe I should introduce you to Dkrtzy RRR. He's one of the Green Lanterns, but he's a bio-sentient mathematical equation. He might have something to say about math being a human invention... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	likeclockwork 2010-02-16 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	A pleasure, and on that I will stand corrected on my choice of phrasing, which was meant to contrast with 'inhuman'. I should have said sentient beings. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lantern_kid 2010-02-16 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	Well, then it gets into questions like if all of reality was invented by our own perceptions, but that's a little too Eastern Philosophy for me. I prefer to stick with the Kama Sutra. wink (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	likeclockwork 2010-02-17 12:10 am UTC (link)
	I'm not suggesting that '2+2=4' is a matter of subjective individual opinion, but -- ::blinks:: Do you always take the conversation there that fast? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lantern_kid 2010-02-17 12:15 am UTC (link)
	What? To eastern philosophy? Not too often. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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