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stone space

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4. There's an old joke about reductionism and...well...job dissatisfaction, I suppose.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Oct 30, 2016, 08:11 PM

Oct 2016

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.
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And God really wants to be a mathematician.

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Calvin on mathematics [View all] struggle4progress Oct 2016 OP

John Stuart Mill and others, said math was originally empirical Brettongarcia Oct 2016 #1

In a similar vein I worked as a mechanic... catnhatnh Oct 2016 #2

Well, my Calvinist grandpappy used to refer to "Ten-in-a-bed Baptists" classof56 Oct 2016 #3

There's an old joke about reductionism and...well...job dissatisfaction, I suppose. stone space Oct 2016 #4