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by spacemanmatt 1484 days ago
Math is abstract, so I would expect experiments in math to have abstract results. I don't think that makes it less of a science.
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Any experiment has an abstract result. For example: If throwing a rock from the tower of Pisa gave us result that acceleration of gravity on Earth is 9.8 m/s^2 then that number will be exactly same for throwing any other materials from any other tower on the Earth.
The result of 9.8m/s^2 is descriptive of a concrete result, isn't it?