[NTLK] OT: A Future That is a Singularity - Evolution

[Andy Taylor]

I'll have to look at this, but in the meantime, a couple of thoughts:
Mathematics sits outside of time, not just in the sense that what is  
mathematically "true" is irrespective of time from but also that there  
in no "then" or "next" in mathematics; all is just so at the instantl.  
That is not to say that mathematics cannot model time-oriented  
systems, in those cases time is merely a variable in a singular  
mathematical object if you will.
On the issue of being solely the product of the human mind, I am  
reminded to revisit a piece written (I think by Eugene Wigner around  
1960) called "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics"!

Andy Taylor
UK

On 29 Mar 2010, at 07:18, Jon Glass wrote:

>  U wouldn't put too much faith in
> mathematics fo predicting future. Math is descriptive not
> prescriptive. And what is possible I'm math may not be physically
> possible. Lastly it is worth pondering that mathematics is 100% a
> human invention. U think that sometimes it seems the perfect science
> for that reason alone--it is solely the product of the human mind. And
> yes I'm more the philosophical type (intuitive vs analytical) so take
> what I say with a huge block of salt. ;-)