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One-sided debate

Posted Jun 24, 2007 21:40 UTC (Sun) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)
In reply to: One-sided debate by bronson
Parent article: More quotes of the week - scenes from a flame war

Thank god for your opportune entrance!

I'm not quite sure what you were trying to say...

I guess Albert Einstein said it better:

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

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One-sided debate

Posted Jun 24, 2007 22:02 UTC (Sun) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

Actually, that is a lousy translation. It can be better expressed as:

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not true; and as far as they are true, they are not real.