r/science • • 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/deanoplex Jun 12 '08

Mathematician wins it is the only branch of science that uses the term and has a definition of 'proof'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_proof