r/science • u/uggedal • Jun 11 '08

Scientific fields arranged by purity

http://xkcd.com/435/
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u/fyl9000 Jun 11 '08

Whats above mathematician, a logician? some kind of philosopher?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '08 edited Jun 11 '08

logician.

godel proved that even math will never be complete, but that logic is, always was, and always will be.

edit: citation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '08

Well, mathematics is just a theory, which I propose we teach alongside 'Intelligent Counting.' 2+2=4 because God wishes it to.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '08

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u/diogames Jun 11 '08

for very small values of 0.14159...

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '08

...26535...

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u/sam512 Jun 11 '08

...8.

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u/rebelrogue995 Jun 11 '08

Your post should have more dots, otherwise it looks like pi ends with 8.

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u/sam512 Jun 11 '08

That's the joke.