Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The Birds

Publicado por Mariana Soffer en 3:24 AM

12 comments:

the walking man said...

Muy gusto bueno

July 18, 2012 at 5:06 AM
/t. said...

lovely!

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/t.

July 18, 2012 at 7:05 AM
Mariana Soffer said...

So nice to see you "the walking man" & "/t" again. I'll step around your places. And thank you guys.

July 18, 2012 at 7:22 AM
Chrisy said...

Beautiful! I feel a real affinity with birds...sometimes I pretend I'm up there flying with them...

July 21, 2012 at 1:05 AM
J said...

Nice to see you back Mariana, and I have some interesting thoughts to run by you when you have the time...

July 22, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Mariana Soffer said...

Chrisy: I loved your comment, made me smile.

July 23, 2012 at 3:11 AM
Mariana Soffer said...

J:

Nice to see you too :). I like to hear what r you up to, you can add me to g+ as marianasoffer@gmail.com and I ll be happy to hear your thoughts (I have free time this week)

July 23, 2012 at 3:13 AM
andrea guiu said...

Hello Mariana, you´re back, nice to read your interesting thoughts again.
Greets!

July 23, 2012 at 3:52 PM
J said...

Well, Mariana, I have some questions about the mysteries of geometry and maths...

July 24, 2012 at 4:51 PM
J said...

OK, I was going to wait until you started another post because I didn't want to spoil the mood set by the pretty birds, but I can't wait.
I just have questions about the nature of mathematics, and the lack of any real reflection of it in the physical world.
Something I have been chewing over, simply the lack - in reality - of the most basic elements of geometry such as straight lines, perfect circles, infinitely small points, perfect angles and such.

What is the basis of such mathematical ideas, if not in the percieved world?

When will they be recognised as not being adequate for the job of describing the real world?

What would science or mathematics be like without such apparently illusiory mental objects?

These questions are not new, I realise some of them appear in Greek literature, but I am sometimes surprised at the lack of consideration they receive.

For instance, nearly everyone is used to the idea of the straight line, but how many people wonder where the idea first comes from?

July 31, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Mariana Soffer said...

Andrea Guiu: Nice to see you too ;)

July 31, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Mariana Soffer said...

J: I am working too much at the time to discuss those things.
Also please dont post that here, you can email me

July 31, 2012 at 9:48 AM

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