[MD] The Hidden Reality

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Hi Marsha,

I agree, it is a special language.  It is not over your head, just
like Arabic is not over your head (you don't speak Arabic do you?).
The language of math insulates until those involved in it think that
it is all there is.  I love theoretical science, it is a mixture
between metaphysics and science fiction.  Anything is possible in that
realm.  Don't be fooled to thinking that math proves anything.  It is
yet another creation.

Cheers,
Mark

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 1:19 PM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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> Mark,
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> It doesn't prove much primarily because I didn't hear enough of the
> interview and because my knowledge of mathematics is too limited
> to build an informed opinion.  But basically I think the conclusion one
> draws is dependent on the questions asked, and the testing methods
> and instruments used to verify the hypothesis.   -   The fact that the
> mathematical information describing the inside of a black hole can
> never be tested except through additional mathematical methods,
> leaves me to wonder what is the definition of science these days?
> In what sense it it empirical?
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> Anyway, it's more than a bit over my head.
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> Marsha
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> On Mar 23, 2011, at 3:36 PM, 118 wrote:
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>> Thanks Marsha,
>> I read the Fabric of the Cosmos by Greene, it was pretty clear.
>> Mathematical reality is pretty powerful, but not the only one imho.
>> It may be easier to defend such a reality than other forms, but does
>> this prove anything to you?
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>> Mark
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>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:03 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>>> Brian Greene who book "The Hidden Reality' was interviewed today on the PBS program ' Radio West'.  I didn't catch it all, but it sounded like he was defending a reality defined by mathematics.  While I though he sounded like a nutcase, his book has been very well reviewed in Amazon.  Thought there may be some who would be interested in catching the a re-airing of the interview.
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