Math is the closest thing to God.

[Cz]

I am an atheist, and therefore don't believe in math.

[Resha]

I am an atheist, and therefore don't believe in math.

I shall follow your teachings.

[Angra Mainyu]

i know how to how to check if a credit card/bank card is valid, simple really.

One major problem with your claim is; is..............if math is constantly updated and theories are theorized are you saying that before math existed the earth was in a state of idiocy because mathematics didnt exist? do you need math to start a fire or make clothing. im guessing you would say yes, but: whatever happened to logic. are you saying logic as it being a process is mathematics?

[Strider]

[Denmark]

I took the SAT and was sure God had blessed me because my "experimental section" was a math section. I was happy.

[radyk05]

Mathematics is the purest science.

technically, you're worng. math is not a science but a magnificent tool for science. my calculus professor once explained it but i forgot. ha, he calls math the queen of science. anyway, math is great. just remember that it took a physicist to invent calculus *cough* newton *cough*.

[Dr.K]

Math is a tool used by man to understand the world around him. If we were not around, the universe still would be around, although in theory, in a completely different way because of the whole "if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it" concept of reality.

Simple as. Just like we only see things as certain colours because of the ways our eyes operate, etc.
I think the concept of numbers definitely holds an importance in the modern world that can't be comprehended by many, but, great as it is, it's still merely a human creation at the end of the day.

[rubah]

After getting first place at the regional geometry test today, I'm inclined to agree that math is cool.

(but speaking of which, someone want to tell me how to solve this? it was one of the tiebreaker questions which were like about ten times harder than all the rest of the questions.
http://www.snowy-day.net/stuff/math.png
"a circular table is pushed into a corner in a restuarant. Point P is 8 inches from one wall, and 9 inches from the other. Find the radius of the table to the nearest inch"
</lowly geometry student>)

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Maths is the coolest subject ever

[bennator]

I just learned about Taylor polynomials on Friday, and I'm still in awe of them. Since the feeling of being in awe is pretty heavenly, I have to say I agree with you.

[eestlinc]

math owns. i miss math team.

[Jojee]

Math sucks. I miss math team, too, though ^^

[Chemical]

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[Halan]

eh... math is not the language..

Math is a language. Haven't you ever seen the movie Contact? In my opinion, math is one of the only universal languages (unless you count music, but what may be music to us is torture to someone else). You go to another country (or another planet even) and you can't speak to the people, you can barely make yourself understood, but most people understand that one finger plus one fingers is two fingers. And i've heard of autistic children communicating with each other through the usage of numbers or prime numbers. Sounds like a language to me.

if math is constantly updated and theories are theorized are you saying that before math existed the earth was in a state of idiocy because mathematics didnt exist? do you need math to start a fire or make clothing. im guessing you would say yes, but: whatever happened to logic. are you saying logic as it being a process is mathematics?

What you are talking about isn't logic so much as basic instinct. Without mathematics, man is a simple being. Economics, chemistry, biology, etc is nothing without mathematics. So yes, before math 'existed' the earth was in a state of idiocy. Just because you can make fire or clothing doesn't mean that you are not an idiot.

just remember that it took a physicist to invent calculus *cough* newton *cough*.

Haven't you ever taken Calculus II? Calculus IS physics.

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Ah, the Fibonacci sequence. That was what I was expecting to see in this thread. If you want to talk about mathematics explaining God or nature then you look to them. I could go on and on about that sequence, but i'll leave that to another day.

[Chemical]

Math is a language. Haven't you ever seen the movie Contact? In my opinion, math is one of the only universal languages (unless you count music, but what may be music to us is torture to someone else).

Music is very much based on math, which is a good explanation as to why it is so universal. But it is true. Math and music are one of the few constants that exist through out our global community. Representational signs also are pretty frequent, but much less dependable.

Ah, the Fibonacci sequence. That was what I was expecting to see in this thread. If you want to talk about mathematics explaining God or nature then you look to them. I could go on and on about that sequence, but i'll leave that to another day.

Indeed.

Mozart (tieing back into music being universal) utilized the Fibonacci series in his sonatas. Which exact ones, I am unsure of.

Artists (Rennaisance mostly) also utilized the Fibonacci series in their paintings to create more realistic images. They called it the Golden Sect. It used the Fibonacci series to explain the relation between anatomical parts.

The Fibonacci Series and Golden sect are considered godly for this reason. They are re-occuring patterns that occur in our seemingly chaotic worl, nay, even universe.

From the relation between our forearms to our whole arm. From the relation between the architecture of classical Rennaisance Buildings and even more anicent b uildings. From the relation to how a flower blooms, to how the universe spirals... all of these relations coincide with the Fibonacci Series and Golden Sect.

Disney did a cool little cartoon featuring Donald Duck on the Fibonacci series/Golden sect. It was neat.