Peter wrote:

> On Sat, 27 May 2006, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> 
>> Peter wrote:
>>
>>>> Most of mathematics -- the language in which most physical theories
>>>> are expressed -- has no metaphor that is grounded in reality as we
>>>> know it (with our senses).
>>>
>>> Yeah, pity that geometry actually means 'earth measuring' in Greek.
>>
>> Did you agree ("yeah") or disagree ("pity", "'earth measuring'")? :)
> 
> Parsing my phrase yields two sentences, the first one is 'Yeah' and the 
> second is the rest after the comma ...

/Everything/ started in reality, somewhen, somewhere... :)

Gerhard

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