Re: dhw--Epistemological Framework (Humans)

by David Turell @, Thursday, January 20, 2011, 17:44 (4864 days ago) @ xeno6696


> EVERY human language attempts to model reality in some way, math just happens to be a highly precise language.
> 
> So I really, truly--do not understand the amazement you and the author have for human use of mathematics. I don't see you praising english for its ability to specify subject and object!-Actually I love the English language and I am appalled at how it is misused by today's high school students. The English language has over 550,000 words and is the most precise language invented. There is a modifier for every nuance of meaning. Think of the poor Israelis who started out to revive Hebrew with a base of 10,000 words taken from the Bible! I've got some books on the history of the English language. I always praise it!


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