Caledonian2 comments on Decoherence is Simple - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Caledonian2 07 May 2008 03:24:36PM 0 points [-]

Surely mathematical language is just language that refers to mathematical objects - numbers and suchlike. Precise, unambiguous language doesn't count as mathematics unless it meets this condition.

Is logic mathematics? I assert that precise, umambiguous language necessarily refers to mathematical objects, because 'mathematics' is precise, umambiguous language. All math is language. Not all language is math.

Of course, I also assert that mathematics is a subset of science, so consider that our basic worldviews might be very different.