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423zero 
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 Topic: Those laws of physics you lot love to..Posted: 29 Sep 17 at 9:34pm |
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Mathematics itself is a consistent, logical system and does not require repeated experimentation to affirm something with certainty only approaching, but never reaching 100%. Any valid proof will give you perfect certainty of a mathematical fact, forever.
On the other hand, the way we do mathematics is empirical. Take the question of whether we can prove that mathematics is completely internally consistent. This is actually impossible due to the incompleteness theorem of Goedel, but hundreds of years of advanced mathematics hasn't turned up any serious contradictions. To use the appropriate language, we have evidence that mathematics is "true", but we cannot know with absolute certainty. Even checking all proofs is impossible because there are a (countably) infinite number of them. |
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Rupert
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Posted: 29 Sep 17 at 10:45pm |
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The way I do maths, mainly on my fingers, means pretty much any answer is possible, barring, perhaps, the right one.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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Riv
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I keep in mind George Box's (statistician) quote when thinking about lift:
"all models are wrong, but some are useful"
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zippyRN
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not far off it ... nearly all the science to do with boats and ships is application of the least worst model
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