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To: dhs12345
So you are saying that mathematics wouldn't exist if we humans didn't?

Well, I think so. But that's like a "tree falls in the forest"-type question.

Wouldn't the reality that we humans attempt to explain with math and science still exist?

I think you're conflating "science" with "nature". Science is a process. It's the application of the scientific method. It's the same thing as mathematics in that sense. If there's no one to perform the science, it will not occur. But nature will still be there.

44 posted on 04/11/2006 3:53:45 PM PDT by AmishDude (AmishDude, servant of the dark lord Xenu.)
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To: AmishDude
"tree falls in the forest type question"

That is a bogus question.. not a profound question.

A tree falling in a forest makes no sound ever. A tree falling in a forest always causes the air around it to vibrate.

The Earth is silent. Sound is our brain's interpretation of vibrating air. Sound is a function of humans and not a function of trees.


94 posted on 04/11/2006 4:42:14 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: AmishDude

Makes sense.

And the laws of nature will still exist as well, right?


142 posted on 04/12/2006 11:23:23 AM PDT by dhs12345
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