Time for Topologists To Fess Up: Deep Down Don't You _Reall

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Bret Cahill

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Don't try to bs your way out of this one. Just come right out and
admit it: applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.

Not to mention the bio sphere _needs_ you to be doing something
useful.


Bret Cahill
 
Bret Cahill wrote:

Don't try to bs your way out of this one. Just come right out and
admit it: applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.
Topology _is_ applied math.

Hope This Helps!
Rich
 
On Jun 12, 9:48 pm, Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Don't try to bs your way out of this one.  Just come right out and
admit it:  applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.

Not to mention the bio sphere _needs_ you to be doing something
useful.
Why limit it to topology? Why not any theoretical math? Unless it
has practical applications.
 
On Jun 12, 7:48 pm, Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Don't try to bs your way out of this one.  Just come right out and
admit it:  applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.

Not to mention the bio sphere _needs_ you to be doing something
useful.
Biosphere talking to you again, is it?


Marshall
 
In article
<4ac040c9-4650-43c6-8afd-59f8d4ec97e4@y27g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,
Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cahill@yahoo.com> wrote:

Don't try to bs your way out of this one. Just come right out and
admit it: applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.

Not to mention the bio sphere _needs_ you to be doing something
useful.

Topologists prefer the bio-torus.
 
On Jun 12, 10:33 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jun 12, 7:48 pm, Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cah...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Don't try to bs your way out of this one.  Just come right out and
admit it:  applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.

Not to mention the bio sphere _needs_ you to be doing something
useful.

Biosphere talking to you again, is it?

Marshall
You're part of the biosphere.
 
Bret Cahill wrote:

Don't try to bs your way out of this one.  Just come right
out and admit it:  applied math is more fun as well as more
lucrative than topology.
http://www.google.com/search?q=topology+chemistry [over 4 million
hits]

Dave L. Renfro
 
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:12:02 -0700 (PDT), Don Stockbauer
<donstockbauer@hotmail.com> wrote:

On Jun 12, 9:48 pm, Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Don't try to bs your way out of this one.  Just come right out and
admit it:  applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.

Not to mention the bio sphere _needs_ you to be doing something
useful.

Why limit it to topology? Why not any theoretical math? Unless it
has practical applications.
Trivial issue. The real problem is that the majority of potential
useful college grads - what few there are - are being sucked up by the
financial services industry, where they do more harm than good. Not to
mention useless social networking outfits glomming onto programmers.

But really, is "applied math" any more useful to society than
topology?

John
 
Don't try to bs your way out of this one.  Just come right
out and admit it:  applied math is more fun as well as more
lucrative than topology.

http://www.google.com/search?q=topology+chemistry[over 4 million
hits]
Reminds of the post denouncing biologists for borrowing terms from
mechanics.


Bret Cahill
 
"Rich Grise" <richg@example.net.invalid> wrote in message
news:it45b1$leb$1@dont-email.me...
Bret Cahill wrote:

Don't try to bs your way out of this one. Just come right out and
admit it: applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.


Topology _is_ applied math.

Hope This Helps!
Rich

Has it occurred to anyone that math can be applied to the
subjective disciplines also? All those messy real world
disciplines that have always been 'more art than science'?
The other half of the equation of reality, which is currently
handled by a thousand narrow specialties, one for each
type of 'thing'. Whether sociology, philosophy, art
and so on.

But what if a single discipline could explain them all?
So by learning one mathematical specialty, you've
learned them all.

It only takes a little curiosity to see how this has been
accomplished by Complexity Science. It's easy really.

Simply inverse classical reductionist methods rigorously.
And by rigorously, this means the new math is also
qualitative opposites, not just quantitative.

If classical methods assume upward causation by
reducing to the objective detailed part properties
to find fundamental laws.

Then in a complexity approach, we assume downward
causation by expanding to the outward system behavior
to find fundamental laws. Where precise equations or
quantities were desired, is replaced by subjective pattern
recognition.

But we must also inverse the way in which we observe
or measure things. Instead of comparing one thing
to another, or some independent yardstick, we
measure all things against ...itself. But to be rigorous
we would measure current system behavior against
it's own potential future behavior.

We should compare all observations of current reality
against the opposite extremes in possible behavior.
In short, our source of fundamental law should be derived
by comparing the ...actual against the ...possible.

For instance, a system called a cloud.

It's opposite extremes in possibility are to become
either water, or vapor. But while both opposites
are entangled, a more organized or complex system
emerges.

So a cloud is the persistent phase transition between the
subcritical (condensation) and the supercritical (evaporation)
extremes in possible future behavior. In fact, we can be
sure the cloud will become one, or the other possibility
eventually. Since such transients like clouds or emotions
never last very long.

For a universe, this takes the form of the two opposites
in possibility, classical and quantum motion. When entangled
a more organized or complex system emerges.

Spontaneous order, or self-organization, or evolution
emerges at the persistent transition between classical
and quantum like system behavior. We know this
to be true just by the easy observation that clouds
are the result of it's entangled opposites of condensation
and evaporation. Just as we know an idea is the
result of the entanglement of it's opposites, facts and
imagination.

Or a democracy emerges from it's opposites in future
possibilities, too much law, or too much freedom.
Dictatorship or anarchy. But when in balance, entangled
then spontaneous order and evolution emerge.

Darwin, then, emerges from the entanglement of
quantum and classical realms.

The most complex the universe has to offer best shows
the fundamental laws of the universe. The most complex
is life. So, logically, Darwinian evolution, but in abstract
mathematical form, should provide a universal template
for all visible order, whether physical, living or platonic.
This should all be self-evident.


Here it is....


Calresco Themes (*in essay forn)
http://calresco.org/themes.htm

Self-Organizing Faq
http://calresco.org/sos/sosfaq.htm

Dynamics of Complex Systems
(full online textbook)
http://www.necsi.org/publications/dcs/

Steinhardt
Director, Princeton Center for Theoretical Physics
http://wwwphy.princeton.edu/~steinh/cycliccosmology.html












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On Jun 13, 10:41 am, John Larkin
<jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:12:02 -0700 (PDT), Don Stockbauer

donstockba...@hotmail.com> wrote:
On Jun 12, 9:48 pm, Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Don't try to bs your way out of this one.  Just come right out and
admit it:  applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.

Not to mention the bio sphere _needs_ you to be doing something
useful.

Why limit it to topology?  Why not any theoretical math?  Unless it
has practical applications.

Trivial issue. The real problem is that the majority of potential
useful college grads - what few there are - are being sucked up by the
financial services industry, where they do more harm than good. Not to
mention useless social networking outfits glomming onto programmers.

But really, is "applied math" any more useful to society than
topology?
Well, one way to look at it is that everything is useful, even
theoretical math and contradictions.
 
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:53:40 -0700 (PDT), Don Stockbauer
<donstockbauer@hotmail.com> wrote:

On Jun 13, 10:41 am, John Larkin
jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:12:02 -0700 (PDT), Don Stockbauer

donstockba...@hotmail.com> wrote:
On Jun 12, 9:48 pm, Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Don't try to bs your way out of this one.  Just come right out and
admit it:  applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.

Not to mention the bio sphere _needs_ you to be doing something
useful.

Why limit it to topology?  Why not any theoretical math?  Unless it
has practical applications.

Trivial issue. The real problem is that the majority of potential
useful college grads - what few there are - are being sucked up by the
financial services industry, where they do more harm than good. Not to
mention useless social networking outfits glomming onto programmers.

But really, is "applied math" any more useful to society than
topology?

Well, one way to look at it is that everything is useful, even
theoretical math and contradictions.
No, one must look at the net benefit. This fallacy causes Democrats to break
windows.
 
Don't try to bs your way out of this one.  Just come right out and
admit it:  applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.

Topology _is_ applied math.

Hope This Helps!
Rich

Has it occurred to anyone that math can be applied to the
subjective disciplines also?  
I've been getting four - 5 sig figs out of political "science."

All those messy real world
disciplines that have always been 'more art than science'?
The other half of the equation of reality, which is currently
handled by a thousand narrow specialties, one for each
type of 'thing'. Whether sociology, philosophy, art
and so on.

But what if a single discipline could explain them all?
So by learning one mathematical specialty, you've
learned them all.

It only takes a little curiosity to see how this has been
accomplished by Complexity Science. It's easy really.

Simply inverse classical reductionist methods rigorously.
And by rigorously, this means the new math is also
qualitative opposites, not just quantitative.

If classical methods assume upward causation by
reducing to the objective detailed part properties
to find fundamental laws.

Then in a complexity approach, we assume downward
causation by expanding to the outward system behavior
to find fundamental laws. Where precise equations or
quantities were desired, is replaced by subjective pattern
recognition.

But we must also inverse the way in which we observe
or measure things. Instead of comparing one thing
to another, or some independent yardstick, we
measure all things against ...itself. But to be rigorous
we would measure current system behavior against
it's own potential future behavior.

We should compare all observations of current reality
against the opposite extremes in possible behavior.
In short, our source of fundamental law should be derived
by comparing the ...actual against the ...possible.

For instance, a system called a cloud.

It's opposite extremes in possibility are to become
either water, or vapor. But while both opposites
are entangled, a more organized or complex system
emerges.

So a cloud is the persistent phase transition between the
subcritical (condensation) and the supercritical (evaporation)
extremes in possible future behavior. In fact, we can be
sure the cloud will become one, or the other possibility
eventually. Since such transients like clouds or emotions
never last very long.

For a universe, this takes the form of the two opposites
in possibility, classical and quantum motion. When entangled
a more organized or complex system emerges.

Spontaneous order, or self-organization, or evolution
emerges at the persistent transition between classical
and quantum like system behavior. We know this
to be true just by the easy observation that clouds
are the result of it's entangled opposites of condensation
and evaporation.  Just as we know an idea is the
result of the entanglement of it's opposites, facts and
imagination.

Or a democracy emerges from it's opposites in future
possibilities, too much law, or too much freedom.
Dictatorship or anarchy. But when in balance, entangled
then spontaneous order and evolution emerge.

Darwin, then, emerges from the entanglement of
quantum and classical realms.

The most complex the universe has to offer best shows
the fundamental laws of the universe. The most complex
is life. So, logically, Darwinian evolution, but in abstract
mathematical form, should provide a universal template
for all visible order, whether physical, living or platonic.
This should all be self-evident.

Here it is....

Calresco Themes (*in essay forn)http://calresco.org/themes.htm

Self-Organizing Faqhttp://calresco.org/sos/sosfaq.htm

Dynamics of Complex Systems
(full online textbook)http://www.necsi.org/publications/dcs/

Steinhardt
Director, Princeton Center for Theoretical Physicshttp://wwwphy.princeton..edu/~steinh/cycliccosmology.html



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Don't try to bs your way out of this one.  Just come right out and
admit it:  applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.

Not to mention the bio sphere _needs_ you to be doing something
useful.

Why limit it to topology?  Why not any theoretical math?  Unless it
has practical applications.

Trivial issue. The real problem is that the majority of potential
useful college grads - what few there are - are being sucked up by the
financial services industry, where they do more harm than good. Not to
mention useless social networking outfits glomming onto programmers.

But really, is "applied math" any more useful to society than
topology?

Well, one way to look at it is that everything is useful, even
theoretical math and contradictions.
Three or 4 years ago when mathematicians had their big get together in
San Diego I went out to eat with a topologist. The waitress under
charged us and the topologist corrected her error. As we were leaving
I sheepishly explained to the waitress: "Math convention."

There are a lot of topologists who might not catch an arithmetic
error.


Bret Cahill
 
On 2011-06-13, Rich Grise <richg@example.net.invalid> wrote:
Bret Cahill wrote:

Don't try to bs your way out of this one. Just come right out and
admit it: applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.


Topology _is_ applied math.
Topology is a branch for pure math,

SPICE (and other simulation software) is an example of appliesd math.


--
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On 2011-06-13, fishfry <BLOCKSPAMfishfry@your-mailbox.com> wrote:
In article
4ac040c9-4650-43c6-8afd-59f8d4ec97e4@y27g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,
Bret Cahill <Bret_E_Cahill@yahoo.com> wrote:

Don't try to bs your way out of this one. Just come right out and
admit it: applied math is more fun as well as more lucrative than
topology.

Not to mention the bio sphere _needs_ you to be doing something
useful.




Topologists prefer the bio-torus.
im' inkleined to think it may actually be the mobiusphere

--
⚂⚃ 100% natural
 
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:39:50 -0400, "Jonathan"
<Email@Yahou.net> wrote:


Has it occurred to anyone that math can be applied to the
subjective disciplines also? All those messy real world
disciplines that have always been 'more art than science'?
The other half of the equation of reality, which is currently
handled by a thousand narrow specialties, one for each
type of 'thing'. Whether sociology, philosophy, art
and so on.
Yeah, right... I still laugh when I recall my Economics
class: They were quite concerned about being accepted as a
"real" science, so the textbook was full of equations. Of
course, the variables in those equations were things like
"Supply", "Demand", "Productivity" and other ill-defined
terms. Result: Scientific paint on the same old goat
entrails.

Best regards,


Bob Masta

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Has it occurred to anyone that math can be applied to the
subjective disciplines also?  All those messy real world
disciplines that have always been 'more art than science'?
The other half of the equation of reality, which is currently
handled by a thousand narrow specialties, one for each
type of 'thing'. Whether sociology, philosophy, art
and so on.

Yeah, right... I still laugh when I recall my Economics
class:  They were quite concerned about being accepted as a
"real" science, so the textbook was full of equations. Of
course, the variables in those equations were things like
"Supply", "Demand", "Productivity" and other ill-defined
terms.  Result:  Scientific paint on the same old goat
entrails.
Many economists are either very stupid or out right frauds and now
with cheap communications exposing every scam, probably both.

If they are incapable of basic logic, if they cannot even answer the
most basic of questions concerning markets, then any pretense that
math has anything to do with their reasoning is a complete farce.

It is now incredibly easy to have all kinds of fun with them, i.e.,
Harvard Law prof. L. Tribe effectively terrorizing Robert Reich when
Reich was Sec. of Labor ("The State of Florida . . . didn't inhale")
and then the late Galbraith running Reich, a tenured professor, out of
Harvard.

If anyone ever tips off the UC Berkeley Dept. of Economics about
Galbraith's book, _A Tenured Professor_, Reich may well be one of the
few to lose tenure at _two_ institutions of higher education.

And don't think for one second that the future looks any better for
GOP "market" economists.

Best regards,

Bob Masta

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On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:39:50 -0400, "Jonathan"
Email@Yahou.net> wrote:


Has it occurred to anyone that math can be applied to the
subjective disciplines also? All those messy real world
disciplines that have always been 'more art than science'?
The other half of the equation of reality, which is currently
handled by a thousand narrow specialties, one for each
type of 'thing'. Whether sociology, philosophy, art
and so on.

Yeah, right... I still laugh when I recall my Economics
class: They were quite concerned about being accepted as a
"real" science, so the textbook was full of equations. Of
course, the variables in those equations were things like
"Supply", "Demand", "Productivity" and other ill-defined
terms. Result: Scientific paint on the same old goat
entrails.

Best regards,

Like I'm trying to say, things have changed in the last few years.
An entirely new field of math has evolved.

Behold the new field of Complexity Economics. Where all is defined
in terms of the well-established mathematics of static and chaotic
attractors.

Complexity economics

"The "nearly archetypal example" is an artificial stock market model
created by the Santa Fe Institute in 1989.[2] The model shows two
different outcomes, one where "agents do not search much for
predictors and there is convergence on a homogeneous rational
expectations outcome" and another where "all kinds of technical
trading strategies appearing and remaining and periods of bubbles
and crashes occurring".[2]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complexity_economics


ALL disciplines dealing with the messy real world can now
be dealt with in the same way. All up to and including
the universe, life and spirit.

And if you should consider, this new math is essentially the
abstract form of Darwinian evolution. This is not a small
point, it turns out that the most complex the universe has to
offer is where to find the fundamental laws of the universe.
Not the simplest particles and forces as has been assumed.

Just as the larger sample best shows the underlying patterns.
The most complex shows fundamental law.

So essentially ..Darwin....shows us how the universe works
not the other way around. For instance, the new attractor
solution for a cyclic universe from Princeton.

Steinhardt
Director, Princeton Center for Theoretical Physics
http://wwwphy.princeton.edu/~steinh/cycliccosmology.html


This new world view changes....everything!


s


*Calresco Themes (in essay form)
http://www.calresco.org/themes.htm

Dynamics of Complex Systems
(full online text)
http://necsi.org/publications/dcs/

Self Organizing Faq
http://www.calresco.org/sos/sosfaq.htm







Bob Masta

DAQARTA v6.02
Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis
www.daqarta.com
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Frequency Counter, FREE Signal Generator
Pitch Track, Pitch-to-MIDI
Science with your sound card!
 
Has it occurred to anyone that math can be applied to the
subjective disciplines also?  All those messy real world
disciplines that have always been 'more art than science'?
The other half of the equation of reality, which is currently
handled by a thousand narrow specialties, one for each
type of 'thing'. Whether sociology, philosophy, art
and so on.

Yeah, right... I still laugh when I recall my Economics
class:  They were quite concerned about being accepted as a
"real" science, so the textbook was full of equations. Of
course, the variables in those equations were things like
"Supply", "Demand", "Productivity" and other ill-defined
terms.  Result:  Scientific paint on the same old goat
entrails.

Best regards,

Like I'm trying to say, things have changed in the last few years.
An entirely new field of math has evolved.

Behold the new field of Complexity Economics.
Is this where economists get to dodge any and all basic questions by
claiming everything is too complicated for anyone else but other
economists to unnerstand?

We already know what provoked _that_ nonsense. That's why Reich fled
Harvard

Where all is defined
in terms of the well-established mathematics of static and chaotic
attractors.
In other words these economists have as much credibility with
mainstream mathematicians as Lyndon LaRouche, creationists, birthers
and truthers.


Bret Cahill
 

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