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stone space

(6,498 posts) Mon Apr 28, 2014, 01:20 AM Apr 2014

Reductionism [View all]

Sociologists really want to be Psychologists.

Psychologists really want to be Biologists.

Biologists really want to be Chemists.

Chemists really want to be Physicists.

Physicists really want to be God.

And God really wants to be a Mathematician.

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Reductionism [View all] stone space Apr 2014 OP

So say the Mathematicians. goldent Apr 2014 #1

I always understood math this way LostOne4Ever Apr 2014 #2

ROFL! longship Apr 2014 #3

Well, if there was a Math group here, there'd be 3. stone space Apr 2014 #4

Well played my friend. longship Apr 2014 #5

It does kind of raise the question of who or what causes mathematics. stone space Apr 2014 #6

Love it. cbayer Apr 2014 #7

Cool. Do you know what field of mathematics he specializes in? (nt) stone space Apr 2014 #8

Some kind of applied math that predicts oil futures. cbayer Apr 2014 #9

"despite all this"?? trotsky Apr 2014 #10