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by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 251 days ago
> Math has no relationship to behavior

Of fractals and fluids? I think you misunderstood what they wrote.
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mallowfram 251 days ago
Math may be able to model those things momentarily, but ultimately "all models are wrong yet some are helpful" so YES math has no relationship to behavior, it cannot reference it. It can only symbolically (arbitrarily) model it.
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JumpCrisscross 251 days ago
> ultimately "all models are wrong yet some are helpful" so YES math has no relationship to behavior, it cannot reference it. It can only symbolically (arbitrarily) model it

Sure, nothing is knowable. Great if you’re trying to get social sciences funding. Not super useful for anything practical.

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lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 251 days ago
> It can only symbolically (arbitrarily) model it.

Stating that it's a model is not the same thing as stating that it is useless. Nor that the relationships are wholly wrong. You said it yourself.

> all models are wrong yet some are helpful

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