Showing posts with label applied mathematics and science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label applied mathematics and science. Show all posts

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Lars P. Syll — The perils of calling your pet cat a dog …


Applied math is not science. 

Math deals with possible worlds. (Think science fiction, or space fiction, depending on where you are from.)

Science purports to describe the real world of facts and events. This is called "semantic interpretation." (Think maps.)

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The perils of calling your pet cat a dog …
Lars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo University