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Is this true, Sci?

>> No.5476556

>>5476544
well math is everyone's tool

>> No.5476559

>>5476544
"On the other hand, physicists like to say physics is to math as sex is to masturbation."

>> No.5476563

>>5476556
badum tss

>> No.5476570

>>5476563
:D

>> No.5476580

Is reality/thought pure?
The comparison makes sense from the fact that mathematics talks more rigorous deduction and lesser buzzwords than any other subject though.
I am so bored with question like this one, you aren't trolling,right?

>> No.5476581

>>5476559
On yet another hand, mathematicians like to say that math is to physics as a DICK is to sex.
Very important tool, infact, you cannot have sex without a dick, as you cannot have physics without math.

>> No.5476590
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>> No.5476593

Pretty pointless argument.

>> No.5476594

>>5476581
"you cannot have sex without a dick" you really haven't been around the block have'ya?

>> No.5476599

>>5476581
>you can't have sex without a dick

What if I'm a lesbian?

>> No.5476606

>>5476590
But what benefits do social sciences hold when compared to hard sciences?

>> No.5476608

>>5476606
more sex

>> No.5476611

>>5476594
>>5476599
I new I would encounter biology fags. Here is my answer to you: Try making a baby.

>> No.5476615

>>5476606
We have to live together on this rock, those guys try to make it easier

>> No.5476614

>>5476611
So does sex=procreation?

What about girls who are on the pill?

What about oral sex?

>> No.5476621
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>>5476615
Well that's fair I guess

Though I don't think any of them outweigh each other

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>> No.5476626

xkcd forgot one last step: Mathematics is just applied Metaphysics.

Philosophy > All

For example, not all in math is certain. Differing kinds of infinity, the square of negative 1, etc.

At the same time, most philosophers would consent that the ONLY certain sciences are geometry and arithmetic.

>> No.5476634

>>5476614
Pointless.

>> No.5476638

>>5476599
There are female engineers?

>> No.5476639

>>5476626
Don't talk about things you don't understand.

Go write some essays on the meaning of beauty or something like that.

>> No.5476648

>>5476630
Like it.

>> No.5476655

>>5476626
I think it's clear you've never studied upper philosophy in an academic context.

>> No.5476664

Obviously. What is purer or a greater test of strength than mathematics?

>> No.5476667

>>5476648
"whats an experiment?"

>> No.5476666

People only hate math because they fail to find enjoyment out of it.

>> No.5476670

>>5476655
I think it more likely that he's never studied maths.

>> No.5476674

If by "pure" you mean exact, then I would have to say yes.

However, it would be unfair to say that this means the less "pure" fields haven't contributed anything to science or civilisation.

Especially biology, with its connections to agriculture and medicine are of tremendous value.

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>>5476544
>the mathematician is female

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5476715

>>5476559

>> No.5476730

>>5476638
8/10, solid post

>> No.5476724

>>5476615
I don't think you have any experience with social sciences.

>> No.5476736

>>5476670
Outside of a senior capstone you don't really get into foundational mathematics at an undergraduate level. I'd definitely play the odds that he hasn't studied that either, but if I were given that post alone and had to choose the most unlikely I'd choose philosophy, he only hints at ignorance towards maths but he screams ignorance about phil

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5476759

>>5476715

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>>5476715
do you have more of these you like, could you post some?

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>>5476775
the comic is saturday morning breakfast cereal by zachary weiner

>> No.5476798

Sort of, yeah. The general field of physics are in a holding pattern while they wait for the mathematicians to figure out new tools for the physicists to utilize.

>> No.5476823

>>5476786
damn that was funny
took me a while to figure out why the janitor would say that

>> No.5476829

>>5476798
That doesn't resemble the state modern physics at all.

>> No.5476850

>>5476798
seems to me many math tools are invented by physicists

>> No.5476855

>>5476850
noncommutative algebraic matrix spaces were.

>> No.5476879

>>5476544
Sociology and psychology aren't sciences

>Application of the scientific method doesn't make you a scientist

>> No.5476884

>>5476855
Heisenberg didn't know about it.
Or do you mean something more modern, in the Connes direction?

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5476888

Is it safe to say Computer Science slides in there between Physics and Math?

>> No.5476893

>>5476884
I'll be honest, I'm speaking from memory and I'm too lazy to look for sources. Speaking from memory also means I could be wrong, if you're confident that I am then I'll bow to your judgment.

>> No.5476908

>>5476888
"computer science" means like three different things in an academic setting alone.

>> No.5476924

>>5476663
No, that's a very masculin ponytail.

>> No.5476929

>>5476888
It's an image drawn by a cartoonist who thinks an abstract concept such as 'purity' can be meaninglessly applied to science

>> No.5476959

>>5476626
I don't think you know what you're talking about.
>not all math is certain
this is ambiguous, but I'll allow it (for now). I assume you mean it's not entirely rigorously defined from first principles? This is true, but even so, your examples are shit...
>different kinds of infinity
aleph numbers are rigorously defined (though of course CH is impossible to prove under ZFC), and analytic infinity has a rigorous definition as well.
>square of negative 1
come back after you've taken an abstract algebra course, it's actually quite easy to define.
>geometry and arithmetic certain
number theory is hot right now because we don't understand arithmetic.
and geometry is way too fucking convoluted, I'd hesitate to call the entirety of it "certain."

>> No.5477033

>>5476888
hahahahahaha