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    Quote Originally Posted by Franconicus
    Math is an abstract science. It is a logical construct. By a funny accident it can be applied to reality. Maybe the big creator loves abstract things too!

    Anyway, no number is close to inf. And no number is meaningless. Just take the philosopher's approach: You can imagine this number, ergo it is!
    Math isn't that abstract... some of the greatest mathematicians are those who come from the physicists... calculus etc

    If anything it is rooted in nature and then applied to abstract ideas, occassionally coming back to touch the natural world.

    And I wouldn't define maths as a science. It is a tool used by scientists. But science is the act of describing natural phenomena by natural means. The very ability for maths to be abstract of nature means that it is not science.

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    Ironside-san ... that is the superior method as it more universal in approach.
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