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is math discovered or invented?

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  • D Deflinek

    What is math? :)

    -- "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."

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    Johnny J
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    Duh![^] :doh: You call yourself a developer? ;)

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    • A amagitech

      What is your opinion

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      Ron Anders
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      Discovered. All was put here by the One True Living God.

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      • A amagitech

        What is your opinion

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        Lost User
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        Invented. Based on an abstraction we call "numbers".

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        • D Deflinek

          What is math? :)

          -- "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."

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          Lost User
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          I think is one of those thingies to be placed in front of your door so that visitors can clean their shoes before entering.

          The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
          This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
          "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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          • A amagitech

            What is your opinion

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            Wastedtalent
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            Neither. It's a tool used to describe and prove/disprove new theories. (In the same way that language was neither discovered nor invented, but individual languages were invented).

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            • L Lost User

              I think is one of those thingies to be placed in front of your door so that visitors can clean their shoes before entering.

              The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
              This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
              "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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              Johnny J
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              You mean Munchies[^]? :confused:

              Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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              • J Johnny J

                Heads??? :confused:

                Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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                Lost User
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                Tails. You lose.

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                • W Wastedtalent

                  Neither. It's a tool used to describe and prove/disprove new theories. (In the same way that language was neither discovered nor invented, but individual languages were invented).

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                  Johnny J
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                  I normally use a hammer... :doh:

                  Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                  Anonymous
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                  The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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                  I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                  Me, all the time

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                  • R Ron Anders

                    Discovered. All was put here by the One True Living God.

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                    HobbyProggy
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                    Ron Anders wrote:

                    by the One True Living God.

                    There is no such thing :)

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                    • A amagitech

                      What is your opinion

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                      HobbyProggy
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                      Neither, it developed or evolved, how ever you want to call it. It is in us, starting from basic stuff like hey i eat 1 of my 2 banananas so i got only 1 left. That's math. Some genuises then combined equations and that did the magic to create formulas and theories :)

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                      • A amagitech

                        What is your opinion

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                        dlhale
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                        A lot of it is just made up, like math that "proves" black holes exist. Black Holes exist only in the minds of mathematicians. Even Steven Hawkings is beginning to see the truth.

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                        • H HobbyProggy

                          Ron Anders wrote:

                          by the One True Living God.

                          There is no such thing :)

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                          Lost User
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                          There is, I am it.

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                          • D dlhale

                            A lot of it is just made up, like math that "proves" black holes exist. Black Holes exist only in the minds of mathematicians. Even Steven Hawkings is beginning to see the truth.

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                            jsc42
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                            dlhale wrote:

                            Black Holes exist only in the minds of mathematicians

                            That means that I am not a mathematician. No black holes exist in my mind; or, if they do, I haven't seen them (should I try using a mirror?).

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                            • D dlhale

                              A lot of it is just made up, like math that "proves" black holes exist. Black Holes exist only in the minds of mathematicians. Even Steven Hawkings is beginning to see the truth.

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                              Super Lloyd
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                              you are confused! black hole is physics! math is just a tool about numbers and logic (certainly anything real) used by many people, including physicists....

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                              • L Lost User

                                Maybe both. One starts out defining things (to see if they are interesting or whatever), but after that you follow the consequences and that's more like discovering.

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                                Super Lloyd
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                                You got it! :-D :-\

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                                • R Ron Anders

                                  Discovered. All was put here by the One True Living God.

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                                  jeron1
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                                  I wonder who discovered hatred?

                                  "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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                                  • S Stefto

                                    Discovered, Noone is sadistic enough to invent this :laugh:

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                                    Bilgehan Berberoglu
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                                    You're right :laugh: :laugh:

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                                    • A amagitech

                                      What is your opinion

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                                      Lost User
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                                      Math is a description tool, like a language it is invented.

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                                      • A amagitech

                                        What is your opinion

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                                        peterchen
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                                        According to Plato, discovered. [^]

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                                        • H HobbyProggy

                                          Ron Anders wrote:

                                          by the One True Living God.

                                          There is no such thing :)

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                                          peterchen
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                                          Yes, of course - but she still put it there!

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