2007-08-05 15:12:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Maybe the question should be is it dangerous, considering how important math is in so many things?
2007-08-05 15:50:03 · update #1
correct answers are iffy, we don't really know all the things that go into the equations we look to solve. There may be mathematical principles yet to be found, im worried about a lost Copernicus, because of our current thinking about and use of math.
2007-08-05 15:53:07 · update #2
We shouldn't be using computers because they were the result of mathematics that you purport we know nothing about. In fact, you should not even be logged on to Yahoo. Are you sure the mathematics involved will route the signals correctly?
We shouldn't be crossing anymore bridges whether in this country of any other. No wonder the bridge in Minnesota fell.
We shouldn't leave a hurricane evacuation warning area. Since Mathematics are involved, the prediction is probably wrong.
You shouldn't be even viewing the LCD monitor in front of you. You're probably viewing the wrong graphical representation. Due to the Mathematics involved, we really don't know if you are viewing your monitor correctly.
You shouldn't go up any high rise building. It may collapse any moment. You shouldn't go to the movies. Throw your PC away. Throw your printer away. Throw all your video games away. They were created through Mathematics which purportedly we know nothing about.
You shouldn't buy any plastic bottles of Coke, Pepsi or any soda. Since we don't know what's going on, the calculation could be wrong. It might explode in your face anytime.
The Universe is a hoax and a scam by Mathematicians. It doesn'' exist. Yes, even certain religious people who regressively calculate to believe the planet and Universe is 6000 years old, use some form Maths - don't even listen to them. They were wrong before and now you have proven they are wrong evermore.
You should not be inside any religious building, especially those with a dome or steeple. You should not be inside any religious building at all. You should pull everyone in your congregation to safety and have services conducted in the fields - just like John Wesley's services. You should sue your religious leaders for not considering safety of congregants by having services inside a building built by unverifiable field of Mathematics. You would have to figure that one out because you won't be able to enter the court house that might collapse on you.
You should claim for reasons of religious belief, and complain to the city hall that you will not ride any city bus over a bridge whose underneath is not supported by a solid bed of stones and concrete. You should not be riding any city buses at all. Not any motorised vehicle at all.
2007-08-05 16:09:02 · answer #1 · answered by miamidot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What makes you think we don't know why or how it operates? The logical bases for various domains of mathematics have been worked out rigorously, and if you're interested you can investigate them. But for most people there's no point in reinventing the wheel, so to speak; there are real problems waiting to be solved, so why should we waste time going over ground that has already been covered?
But even before mathematics was put on a solid basis, it was still a practical and useful tool for solving problems. To suggest that it should not have been used until the foundations were completely verified is to hold it up to a standard that we don't require for any other tool.
2007-08-05 22:20:43 · answer #2 · answered by Scarlet Manuka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats not true, mathematics is a matter of principles that are proven. A problem solved by mathematics is a series of steps that are proven to correctly produce equivalences until a resolve is simple enough to be practical.
The simple basis of mathematics starts with I got 0 apples and I add one apple then I have one apple and so on. We really do know how math works. The toughest solveable problem is resolved by methodologically applying proven mathematical steps until the simplest and hopefully useable answer is achieved.
2007-08-05 22:22:27 · answer #3 · answered by telsaar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if that is so (though I would suggest there are people who do know that)... knowing how a tool operates is not a prerequisite for using it. Most people don't know how a computer operates, but use that tool.
2007-08-05 22:16:08 · answer #4 · answered by McFate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
David,
Up until today, I would have said that everyone in the world knows how mathematics operates.
Now, I am forced to say everybody but one...
2007-08-05 22:20:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
without math, the world we live in would stop. A person does math every single day. Without math business would stop, without math there would be no sports, no tv, no day to day activity. Math is the basis of our society
2007-08-05 22:18:25 · answer #6 · answered by snowboardercox@titusmtnny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why? For correct solutions.
Knowing how or why is nice to know, but fortunately is not required to get correct solutions.
2007-08-05 22:33:34 · answer #7 · answered by Mark 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no reason...
math sucks.
tell me...
why in the name of god do i need to know calculus???!!!
like i'm really gonna use it!!
i think it's just one big waste of money and state funding...
all we really need are calculators...
there are people out there getting paid to figure out how long infinity really is...
why in the heck do we need to know that anyway??????
WE DON'T!!!!!!!
2007-08-05 22:24:07 · answer #8 · answered by lindsay 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋