Re: Math is an Invention, not a Discovery...arguement solved.

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Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> 
> On 9/13/2016 9:30 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> > I'll try to make this brief..
> >
> > Math is an Invention, not a Discovery...arguement solved.
> >
> > Take for example:
> >
> > The "Mandelbrot set"
> 
> Mandelbrot wanted to see what happens when the orbits of z=z^2+c stay
> small vs the ones that blow up into infinity. He got some of his
> colleagues to write a program to graph it, and out popped the Mandelbrot
> set. AFAICT, it was quite a beautiful discovery.
> 
> >
> >
> > It is no different
> > than giving an Artist
> > cannabis
> > and music
> > and you get the same effect
> > in the mind of the Artist
> > that you get with the
> > "Mandelbrot set".
> 
> I would like to see a stoned Artist plot the set by hand. Wouldn't it
> kill their buzz?


I didn't say "by hand", I wrote: "in the mind of the Artist"


"in the mind..."


That is where The "Mandelbrot set" exist Only, in the Mind.


Now, with 
giving an Artist
 cannabis
and music...
 you get the same effect
 'in the mind' of the Artist
 that you get with the
 "Mandelbrot set".









> 
> ;^)
> 
> >
> >
> > That is proof Math is an invention of man.
> >

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Math is an Invention, not a Discovery...arguement solved. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-09-13 09:30 -0700
  Re: Math is an Invention, not a Discovery...arguement solved. "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-13 09:44 -0700
    Re: Math is an Invention, not a Discovery...arguement solved. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-09-13 15:06 -0700
      Re: Math is an Invention, not a Discovery...arguement solved. "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-13 15:16 -0700
        Re: Math is an Invention, not a Discovery...arguement solved. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-09-13 18:27 -0700
          Re: Math is an Invention, not a Discovery...arguement solved. "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-14 20:41 -0700
            Re: Math is an Invention, not a Discovery...arguement solved. "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-14 20:46 -0700
          olvey noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 09:53 -0700

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