[lbo-talk] is mathematics going pomo?

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Mon May 16 10:58:47 PDT 2005


ravi wrote:


>as it should be. of course (as documented by kline), every century there
>is a foundational crisis as the applied stuff gets too far ahead ... but
>why not? ;-)
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Because, reportedly, people need "something to believe in," and for some superior kind of folks, it's mathematics or physics...or Science, rather than religion.

Six of some, half a dozen of the other if "believing" is your goal. As a friend recently wrote"

"Life having a purpose means: the slave has received his orders, and knows that the master still has a use for him, will not cast him out or kill him. He is still hooked up to the big thing.

Many seem to desire this."

Joanna


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