This one is especially for TheMadFool. So we won't argue... — Prishon
Physics is mathematical not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little; it is only its mathematical properties that we can discover. — Bertrand Russell
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. — Albert Einstein
if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. — Abraham Maslow
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. — Albert Einstein
Is Fermat's principle referring to time also (I havent read the link yet). How should Nature "know" about that space efficiency? — Prishon
The seed spirals on the effloresence of a sunflower are arranged in the Fibonacci sequence and that happens to be the most efficient way to use the space available; the hexagonal cells in a beehive too is such. Optimization is key if life is to have any chance of success and for that knowing math or following its rules is paramount. — TheMadFool
I'm curious, for every given phenomenon say the elliptical orbits of the planets or the life of a human or other animal, are these phenomena occuring in the least possible times? — TheMadFool
Thats interesting! You mean efficiency in space, so also in time? — Prishon
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It's a kind of least resistance principle, including both space and time — Prishon
suppose efficiency is, as I said, key to the universe and by that I mean getting the most out of the effort put in. — TheMadFool
believe there's a direct positive correlation between math and obesity! Causation? Why not? — TheMadFool
believe there's a direct positive correlation between math and obesity! Causation? Why not?
— TheMadFool
Well, I may have eaten too much math, but I weigh only 83kg!
now — Prishon
Amazing isn't it that if you see a corpulent person, you can't tell whether he's a sloth or a glutton? :chin: Two of the 7 deadly sins. — TheMadFool
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I had to look up those words. First I thought you meant a slith or a woman doing it with all.
Both a sloth and glutton are deadly indeed! Considerer them mathematical anomalies... — Prishon
least resistance principle, including both space and time — Prishon
God: Omnibenevolent, Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omniindolent — TheMadFool
This looks like hyper-Platonism to many but more like Spinozism to me. — 180 Proof
Can both be had together? The intuitive understanding seems to be that the shorter (space) the faster (time) but Fermat's principle shows that a shorter time may actually require a longer distance.
3h — TheMadFool
Beyond my ken I'm afraid. Good day.
11mReplyOptions — TheMadFool
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