Conceptual Origami
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:51 pm
Andrew Notier unfolds the social construction of mathematics for us.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/134/Conceptual_Origami
https://philosophynow.org/issues/134/Conceptual_Origami
Kidding, I only heard of her about 2/3 suns ago when I was doing my very own private research on great men & women in physics and math. She, it seems, left her mark in the field we've come to love and hate as (mathematized) physics."What the hell is this?"
"Well, it's a ... it's a ... it's definitely not a poppy!"
"I know it's not a poppy Devon, it's not close enough to the Eiffel tower to be one!!"
"Ah! I see now why you're confused. We're on a bus to Kathmandu."
"A possibility, but no, that's not it! Hey Gopal, wassup?"
"I'm sick! These mountain roads always do that to me."
"Eureka! This is a ... this is a ... "
"This is not Greece, Greg, and you're not Archimedes."
"This is a ... this is a ... I'm not Archimedes amd this is not Greece."