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Author: John JonesJohn Jones Date: Jun 30, 2008 14:40
Mathematics employs traditional or culture-specific signs and symbols to
facilitate the representation of complexity.
Syntax, of course, in its simplest cases, eg the abacus, requires few
traditional rules for use. And of course, the simplest syntax - the
material world - requires no traditional rules, as the behaviours of its
objects (syntax) is universally self-evident.
Perhaps we should mourn the loss of simplicity, particularly as
complexity, inevitably it seems, requires a trade-off between clarity
and meaning, between technik and intent.
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Jun 30, 2008 22:21
On Jun 30, 2:40 pm, John Jones aol.com> wrote:> Mathematics employs traditional or culture-specific signs and symbols to
> facilitate the representation of complexity.
>
> Syntax, of course, in its simplest cases, eg the abacus, requires few
> traditional rules for use. And of course, the simplest syntax - the
> material world - requires no traditional rules, as the behaviours of its
> objects (syntax) is universally self-evident.
>
> Perhaps we should mourn the loss of simplicity, particularly as
> complexity, inevitably it seems, requires a trade-off between clarity
> and meaning, between technik and intent.
If, for some odd reason, we adapted to complex math, would we mourn
the loss of complexity if we somehow made it more simple, like by
discovering some new way to do it?
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Author: THE BORGTHE BORG Date: Jun 30, 2008 23:37
> On Jun 30, 2:40 pm, John Jones aol.com> wrote:>> Mathematics employs traditional or culture-specific signs and symbols to
>> facilitate the representation of complexity.
>>
>> Syntax, of course, in its simplest cases, eg the abacus, requires few
>> traditional rules for use. And of course, the simplest syntax - the
>> material world - requires no traditional rules, as the behaviours of its
>> objects (syntax) is universally self-evident.
>>
>> Perhaps we should mourn the loss of simplicity, particularly as
>> complexity, inevitably it seems, requires a trade-off between clarity
>> and meaning, between technik and intent.
>
> If, for some odd reason...
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