Someone answered a question earlier today, stating that if a person could find a mistake or flaw in the laws of mathematics then he would agree, like the Bible ,math should be scrapped and tossed iinto the trash heap of history. Does anyone else feel that mathematics is flawless?
2007-11-08 15:59:58 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
sorry but nothing is flawless except god even in math there are some flaws and we get the approximate result in the end of the equation
2007-11-08 16:06:10 · answer #1 · answered by abouterachess 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To a point of debate; finding a flaw in math is like finding a flaw in a screw driver or other tool. The tool, which has varied configurations, does its job if selected for the job it was designed for.
While a short screw driver, with a thin blade, will do for the "same job" as a larger screw driver; there will be an unseen difference in the ability to torque the seated screw.
Likewise 2+2=4 does not present a finished work without taking a metaphysical step.
Can any aspect of human reason escape subjectivity? My position is that it cannot and never will; any more then my view of you will match your view of you given a million life times of "objective" study and comparison. Our views can be similar but never identical in time or experience. Without such a difference there would be no variety in the universe. Even mathematics cannot bridge this gap at all levels.
Can one design or apply mathematics for or to that which cannot be conceived? Although mathematics gives up many things that cannot be directly perceived; it is a gross error to mix perception with conception. Unless of course one is a mathematical Calvinist; the chosen mathematical few, the elect, who "know" that everything is pre-conceived in their favor.
Bottom line: There are flaws in what some people expect from mathematics and the status it is given. Do some open ended searches such as (Mathematics metaphysical step) etc.
2007-11-08 17:00:54 · answer #2 · answered by Tommy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've always found the idea of division by zero to be a bit dicey.
Often, its treated as being equal to infinity. However, if I have five apples and I give them to no one, does that really mean that there is now a non-existent person with an infinite number of apples?
The square root of a negative number producing an "imaginary" number is a bit freaky too.
Then there is the fact that if you divide 1 by 3, you can never actually write down the correct answer using decimal numbers.
The value of PI can also never be completely written. It would seem that if PI can never be complete, then circles should always have to have a gap somewhere in their circumference, but they don't.
Are these flaws? Well, they don't really seem to make sense in any real-world type of fashion. There are a lot of places where I would say that mathematics has to use approximations to be useful in representing reality.
2007-11-08 16:19:27 · answer #3 · answered by Azure Z 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The integrity a mathematical equation depends upon the validity of the assumptions made. The entire mathamatics is based on assumptions made by the likes of Corpenicus, Newton, Einstein, etc. and from the known acceptable base formulas build up the series of complex math equations.
We must look then at the different assumptions made so far and try to analyze its validity.
2007-11-08 16:12:02 · answer #4 · answered by paulyaranon007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think mathematics is flawless. If we find a flaw in it, it's just because humans haven't figured it out correctly or don't know the whole picture yet.
Unlike science (say biology) it is mathematics' inherent nature to be flawless. If it had a flaw- it wouldn't work (allow us to calculate/understand something) and would no longer be mathematics.
2007-11-08 16:06:16 · answer #5 · answered by violetkites 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
math is flawless.
1+1 is 2 in any religion, language and planet.
the person doing the math is where the flaws come from.
2007-11-08 16:08:38 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Mastershake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Math is behind everything in existence. Pythagoras, a very spiritual man, called it "The matrix of Divine Truth". He thought that the better you understood mathmatics and how is applied to creation, the better you understood the creator. 2,500 years later this theory has still panned out pretty well.
2007-11-08 16:08:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they selll bibles I guarantee they rely on math to get their money . Is your ten percent tithing a mathematical
figure? Religions will come and go but math is here to stay.
2007-11-08 16:13:53 · answer #8 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if its just me, or a "flaw" but this 1 gets me:
3000 feet at 250 feet per minute = exactly 12 minutes
3000 feet at 300 feet per minute = exactly 10 minutes
So logic would dictate that 275 feet per minute would be exactly 11 minutes, but it equals 10.909090909090
2007-11-08 16:11:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The flaw in math is beyond the human knowledge.
2007-11-08 16:04:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋