Me, a math nerd: its just a joke don’t go off on a tangent, dont go off on a tangent, dont go - just let it be…
I NEEEED IT
So achtbually, nature works with transcendental real numbers on the complex plane with infinite precision.
This is math nerd speak for, most numbers are multi-dimensional not just living on the straight integer number line but instead a plane. Also, most numbers are infinitely precise thus being uncalculatable. Its why we only have good approximations for pi instead of an exact pinpoint knowledge of it. There are methods to get closer and closer approximations but you need an infinite time frame to complete that unending process.
Really its a miracle that we have even a thin narrow portion of numbers we can compute, all our regular integers and ratios are islands distanced apart by an infinitely deep ocean.
Most of our universal physical and mathematical constants are transcendental reals cause nature gets a real hard on for baking multidimensional fractal topology and magical abstraction bullshit into its machinery and logic.
It’s not that we invented imaginary numbers, its that they were needed to fully complete our understanding of algebra and graduate from cave man linear algebra to discovering homomorphic dynamics after 2000 years of banging basic logical abstractions together to make a enough decent sparks of discovery for a real smoldering fire.
Computer processing power sure helped to visualize these topologies for our little monkey brains to process with our eyeballs in real time instead of just thinking about this stuff in the minds eye.
Yes, this reply, I was gonna make a joke along the lines that I’m sure to someone saying shit like this (that we invented numbers, imaginary or not) is like the meme forcing Italians to look at pineapple pizza being made …
… but I would lie if this post didn’t disturb me a bit to - and the “Talk nerdy to me” part just makes it worse. Nerd stuff has to have a certain level of precision, nerd kinks are exact.
Me, a math nerd: its just a joke don’t go off on a tangent, dont go off on a tangent, dont go - just let it be…
I NEEEED IT
So achtbually, nature works with transcendental real numbers on the complex plane with infinite precision.
This is math nerd speak for, most numbers are multi-dimensional not just living on the straight integer number line but instead a plane. Also, most numbers are infinitely precise thus being uncalculatable. Its why we only have good approximations for pi instead of an exact pinpoint knowledge of it. There are methods to get closer and closer approximations but you need an infinite time frame to complete that unending process.
Really its a miracle that we have even a thin narrow portion of numbers we can compute, all our regular integers and ratios are islands distanced apart by an infinitely deep ocean.
Most of our universal physical and mathematical constants are transcendental reals cause nature gets a real hard on for baking multidimensional fractal topology and magical abstraction bullshit into its machinery and logic.
It’s not that we invented imaginary numbers, its that they were needed to fully complete our understanding of algebra and graduate from cave man linear algebra to discovering homomorphic dynamics after 2000 years of banging basic logical abstractions together to make a enough decent sparks of discovery for a real smoldering fire.
Computer processing power sure helped to visualize these topologies for our little monkey brains to process with our eyeballs in real time instead of just thinking about this stuff in the minds eye.
Yes, this reply, I was gonna make a joke along the lines that I’m sure to someone saying shit like this (that we invented numbers, imaginary or not) is like the meme forcing Italians to look at pineapple pizza being made …
… but I would lie if this post didn’t disturb me a bit to - and the “Talk nerdy to me” part just makes it worse. Nerd stuff has to have a certain level of precision, nerd kinks are exact.