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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #30 on: March 08, 2010, 10:16:27 pm »
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That explains this :P
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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #31 on: March 08, 2010, 10:25:51 pm »
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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #32 on: March 08, 2010, 10:29:08 pm »
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That's why mathematics owns, our proofs are squeaky clean. Euclid's theorem on infinitude of primes is still around, but not Aristotle's physics.  8-)
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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #33 on: March 08, 2010, 10:29:39 pm »
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Quote from: hard on March 08, 2010, 09:38:17 pm
i don't feel all that mocked =( .. ON THE UPSIDE free bbq tomorow at monash :D BBSC or someshit whatever the commerce club is called

BCSS... it used to be ECSS... but they changed the "economics" to "business" and merged with the Caulfield club equivalent.
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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #34 on: March 08, 2010, 11:13:10 pm »
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Quote from: kamil9876 on March 08, 2010, 10:29:08 pm
That's why mathematics owns, our proofs are squeaky clean. Euclid's theorem on infinitude of primes is still around, but not Aristotle's physics.  8-)

That's only because Aristotle's views on physics were just as wrong as Pythagoras's belief that irrational numbers didn't exist. :P
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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #35 on: March 08, 2010, 11:16:40 pm »
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Quote from: Cthulhu on March 08, 2010, 12:01:35 am
Don't forget homeopathy and people who would rather cover their kids in clay than give them a 50-60% chance of survival with chemotherapy.
Homeopathy actually works for some illnesses so don't be so quick to judge it. Although it has no scientific basis, if it works, then I'm all for it.
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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #36 on: March 08, 2010, 11:23:02 pm »
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Quote from: hard on March 08, 2010, 10:39:18 pm
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Quote from: hard on March 08, 2010, 09:38:17 pm
i don't feel all that mocked =( .. ON THE UPSIDE free bbq tomorow at monash :D BBSC or someshit whatever the commerce club is called

BCSS... it used to be ECSS... but they changed the "economics" to "business" and merged with the Caulfield club equivalent.
oh that explains that! btw fyrefly, if you want to join to a club at monash, sports club that is, where do i go? i can't find the soccer ovals or anything like that!

The best place to join a sports club would be to either take a jaunt online, or heads over to Monash Sport and ask about clubs at the reception desk (have a look on your campus map - building 1, map co-ordinate D4). There are ovals behind Monash Sport, and tennis courts adjacent to it (just past the swimming pool).
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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #37 on: March 08, 2010, 11:24:31 pm »
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Quote from: /0 on March 08, 2010, 11:13:10 pm
Quote from: kamil9876 on March 08, 2010, 10:29:08 pm
That's why mathematics owns, our proofs are squeaky clean. Euclid's theorem on infinitude of primes is still around, but not Aristotle's physics.  8-)

That's only because Aristotle's views on physics were just as wrong as Pythagoras's belief that irrational numbers didn't exist. :P

But they don't :P

Yeah I should've specified discrete mathematics, number thoery/combinatorics. Not the fuzzy anlaysis that has new definitions and axioms added everyday.
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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #38 on: March 08, 2010, 11:25:57 pm »
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Quote from: kamil9876 on March 08, 2010, 11:24:31 pm
Quote from: /0 on March 08, 2010, 11:13:10 pm
Quote from: kamil9876 on March 08, 2010, 10:29:08 pm
That's why mathematics owns, our proofs are squeaky clean. Euclid's theorem on infinitude of primes is still around, but not Aristotle's physics.  8-)

That's only because Aristotle's views on physics were just as wrong as Pythagoras's belief that irrational numbers didn't exist. :P

But they don't :P

Yeah I should've specified discrete mathematics, number thoery/combinatorics. Not the fuzzy anlaysis that has new definitions and axioms added everyday.
:P which when compared with physics...
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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #39 on: March 08, 2010, 11:40:55 pm »
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What is it with mathematicians and being high and mighty? I thought physicists were meant to be the arrogant ones :P
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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #40 on: March 08, 2010, 11:49:34 pm »
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Quote from: /0 on March 08, 2010, 11:40:55 pm
What is it with mathematicians and being high and mighty? I thought physicists were meant to be the arrogant ones :P
Some of us have to stay classy.
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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #41 on: March 09, 2010, 12:05:56 am »
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Quote from: /0 on March 08, 2010, 11:40:55 pm
What is it with mathematicians and being high and mighty? I thought physicists were meant to be the arrogant ones :P

You obviously haven't seen this:



There is also a joke where physicists think they are god and god thinks he s a mathematician.
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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #42 on: March 09, 2010, 02:54:23 am »
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Hmm well it's not like we're solving the mysteries of the universe or anything...

Oh wait.

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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #43 on: March 09, 2010, 07:29:51 am »
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Quote from: /0 on March 09, 2010, 02:54:23 am
Hmm well it's not like we're solving the mysteries of the universe or anything...

Oh wait.

jk

Lol!

How is uni?

How is thermal physics and quantum physics? I'm loving them so far.

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Re: The kind of people that don't listen to science and reason.
« Reply #44 on: March 09, 2010, 12:27:27 pm »
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Quote from: QuantumJG on March 09, 2010, 12:05:56 am
Quote from: /0 on March 08, 2010, 11:40:55 pm
What is it with mathematicians and being high and mighty? I thought physicists were meant to be the arrogant ones :P

You obviously haven't seen this:

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There is also a joke where physicists think they are god and god thinks he s a mathematician.

Heh, I have a framed copy of that (signed by Randall Munroe) hanging above my honours desk :)
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