which do you prefer?

On 2007-12-28 16:44:38 -0700, NG027506@pp.newsgroups.user <NOBODY> said:

> which do you prefer?

Science, definitely.

On Dec 28, 3:44 pm, NG027...@pp.newsgroups.user <NOBODY> wrote:
> which do you prefer?

It's a false dichotemy. Two of the greatest mathematicians of all
time, Newton and Archimedes, were also pretty good physicists
- A. McIntire

"NG027506@pp.newsgroups.user" <NOBODY> wrote in message
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> which do you prefer?
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Science. There's no rec.arts.sf.math.

In article <2007122816443811272-NOBODY@news.ssl.ngroups.net>,
NG027506@pp.newsgroups.user writes
>which do you prefer?
>
Without science, nothing much can happen. Without new physics, you can
be very clever and very interesting, but not truly spectacular. On the
other hand, mathematics fits in very well with the internet; learning,
checking, and creating a typical proof doesn't need expensive equipment,
so it is possible that a breakthrough could be created and disseminated
from anywhere with internet access. Even where computers are involved,
the cheap PC of today has the capabilities of a super-computer of not
much more than a decade ago. A second Ramanujan is more plausible today
than in 1913.
--
A.G.McDowell

In article <2007122816443811272-NOBODY@news.ssl.ngroups.net>, NG027506
@pp.newsgroups.user says...
> which do you prefer?
>
>

Maths as reality is just so messy.