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Chevie wrote: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.

SleepyEyes21 wrote: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.

grayghost4 wrote:" 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.

robysue wrote: 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"

robysue wrote:

grayghost4 wrote:" 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

palerider wrote:sounds wobbly

Why do you think cameras are mounted on tripods?

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you may now resume picking at each other.

palerider wrote:

robysue wrote:

grayghost4 wrote:" 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.

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.

chunkyfrog wrote: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.

robysue wrote:

chunkyfrog wrote: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.

chunkyfrog wrote:The key is joinery.

Kinky

palerider wrote:

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

robysue wrote: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.