OT: Time out and/or Duke it out thread

[Gasper62]

Ask Schrödinger....... or his damned cat. (if it's still around)

[SleepyEyes21]

Trying to think of one sentence that would piss off everyone who posted in this thread.

Will get back to you.

Thanks for the warning.

Self-promotion of spewing conflict is a characteristic of sociopaths.

Please don't be offended if we don't respond as expected.

[Chevie]

Please don't be offended if we don't respond as expected.

There's a solid track record here. Many won't be able to resist. You've already started.

[robysue]

" whether there are different sizes of infinity"

that sound more like philosophy

Math is like a three legged stool. With one leg firmly rooted in philosophy, one in art, and one in science.

[Uncle_Bob]

Math is like a three legged stool. With one leg firmly rooted in philosophy, one in art, and one in science.

I did like the movie 'Good will hunting"

[palerider]

" whether there are different sizes of infinity"

that sound more like philosophy

Math is like a three legged stool. With one leg firmly rooted in philosophy, one in art, and one in science.

sounds wobbly

[Chevie]

sounds wobbly

Why do you think cameras are mounted on tripods?

[palerider]

we interrupt your routine squabbling for an important message for chunkyfrog:


you may now resume picking at each other.

[RogerSC]

" whether there are different sizes of infinity"

that sound more like philosophy :D

Math is like a three legged stool. With one leg firmly rooted in philosophy, one in art, and one in science.

sounds wobbly :D

A 3-legged stool can't wobble.

[chunkyfrog]

The key is joinery.
Wobbles can originate in poor assembly, even if the footing is stable.
No idea if this is consistent with the original simile.

[robysue]

The key is joinery.
Wobbles can originate in poor assembly, even if the footing is stable.
No idea if this is consistent with the original simile.

Well given that great mathematicians are as likely as great artists to have serious mental issues, it could be consistent with the orignial simile.

[palerider]

The key is joinery.
Wobbles can originate in poor assembly, even if the footing is stable.
No idea if this is consistent with the original simile.

Well given that great mathematicians are as likely as great artists to have serious mental issues, it could be consistent with the orignial simile.

SEEEEE? robysue got it (no surprise there )

With one leg firmly rooted in philosophy, one in art, and one in science.

for those talking about tripods and such, if there's anything more fluid and 'unstable' than philosophy, please give examples, and art certainly isn't something you can count on to be stable, even science changes over time.

[DeadlySleep]

The key is joinery.

Kinky

[robysue]

With one leg firmly rooted in philosophy, one in art, and one in science.

for those talking about tripods and such, if there's anything more fluid and 'unstable' than philosophy, please give examples, and art certainly isn't something you can count on to be stable, even science changes over time.

But math is eternal once we have it properly sorted out with logically correct proofs.

It's the effort to find those proofs that drives us a bit batty

[VinnieBarbarino]

It's the effort to find those proofs that drives us a bit batty

For proof of robysue's statement, check out the Wikipedia page for Principia Mathematica.
Myself, I hit the wall in Algebraic Topology and reluctantly abandoned my quest for a life in the queen of sciences.