October 23, 2007

On Mathmatics, Reality, and Certainty

 “As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.”
-Albert Einstein

Whether it is science, religion, art, or philosophy, any method of perceiving reality can at best be an approximation. If it works most (some) of the time, great. But it is still just an approximation.

With certainty comes a much less interesting world. That’s the reality of it.

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