[SystemSafety] Misunderstanding of the nature of mathematics

[Peter Bishop]

Any formal system is based on a set of premises
which, may or may not, be true in practice.

An empirical test failure can be due to a flawed test or a flawed /
inapplicable premise

Peter

On 01/07/2020 17:25, Olwen Morgan wrote:
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> Apropos of what, if things go wrong here, could end up somewhat akin
> to a pub brawl with PBL, I'd like to offer the following quotation
> from the late and profoundly missed Academician Vladimir Igorevich Arnold:
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> "Mathematics is a part of physics. Physics is an experimental science,
> a part of natural science. Mathematics is the part of physics where
> experiments are cheap."
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> You can believe what Peter is suggesting about CbyC if and only if you
> *disagree* with the proposition that mathematics is an empirical science.
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> Sorry, Peter, but if I have a choice between believing you and
> believing Arnold, I'm afraid Arnold wins.
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> Olwen
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