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

From	"Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	sci.math, rec.arts.sf.written, sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity
Subject	Re: Math is an Invention, not a Discovery...arguement solved.
Date	2016-09-14 20:41 -0700
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On 9/13/2016 6:27 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>
>> On 9/13/2016 3:06 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
>>> 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..."
>>
>> Wow. Smoking weed and listing to music can create zooms of the set in
>> your mind?
>
> Well of course! If you do a google Image search for 1970's vintage posters during the turn-on generation,
>
> you will see ' zooms of the set'
> https://img1.etsystatic.com/043/0/9722227/il_fullxfull.636981077_rkpv.jpg
> http://67.media.tumblr.com/febcd47fc00a46dc729f039f7a27ee49/tumblr_nb10gavOKy1sndzdgo1_1280.jpg
> https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/22/96740684_c3f1867877.jpg
> http://www.trippystore.com/shop/images/items/005195.jpg

Those are some beautiful pieces of art! Thank you for posting them.


>
>
>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That is where The "Mandelbrot set" exist Only, in the Mind.
>>
>> Na. You can actually plot it, its not that hard and pretty
>> straightforward. Have you ever tried to do it?
>
>
>
> You can do it without using math...

Well, I guess one can. But, using math, one does not have to expose the 
mind to chemicals.

;^)


>
>
> cannabis
>  and music
> ....
> the math version is just....LSD with numbers.
>

LSD! Now, that shi% is really bad... A couple of friends of mine told me 
they never really felt the same after exposing their brain to it, and 
they actually regret doing it in the first place.

Thread

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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