ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agoWhat do you think may be the clearest means of communicating information between people, and for what reasons?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down13
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you think may be the clearest means of communicating information between people, and for what reasons?ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squaretoiletobserver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·5 days agoMath. This was a subject in the movie Contact.
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-25 days agoMath is what you get when you agree to disagree on all but 8 axioms (1). Then go “yeah? prove it” on any other statement.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 days agoHow do you communicate this with math? Makes the Italian chin flick gesture.
minus-squareALostInquirer@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoWhile I’m aware of Contact, and know it relates to people, do you really agree with that premise? Isn’t the inconsistency in employed units of measure sufficient to indicate otherwise?
Math. This was a subject in the movie Contact.
Math is what you get when you agree to disagree on all but 8 axioms (1). Then go “yeah? prove it” on any other statement.
How do you communicate this with math? Makes the Italian chin flick gesture.
QED
While I’m aware of Contact, and know it relates to people, do you really agree with that premise? Isn’t the inconsistency in employed units of measure sufficient to indicate otherwise?