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To: Doctor Stochastic
Kroneker was a bit more niggardly: "The integers were created by God; all else is the work of man."

And Einstein even more so: "the series of integers is obviously an invention of the human mind, a self-created tool which simplifies the ordering of certain sensory experiences."

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Great quotes, especially Kronecker.

Perhaps Laplace was right after all: "I had no need for that hypothesis."

55 posted on 03/26/2002 1:20:22 PM PST by longshadow
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To: longshadow
Perhaps Laplace was right after all: "I had no need for that hypothesis."

But the other guy just said "God made the integers." Why did he say that? Is there a difference in the two data sets the two are needing explained, or is there a contradiction between their respective hypotheses -- was Laplace trying to explain the mathematical order (it's an honest question; I'm not trained in science)?.

59 posted on 03/26/2002 1:30:31 PM PST by Taliesan
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