6/29/2026 at 4:06:54 PM
by sonicrocketman
7/1/2026 at 7:17:37 PM
Author here. Great to see this making its way up HN! I've been thinking about this topic for a while and it's nice to see people engaging with it.by sonicrocketman
7/1/2026 at 5:54:44 PM
"unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the Natural Sciences"That's a reflection of underlying simplicity. There are only a few classical physical laws. Physical prediction follows from that. Hence the power of math. Biology does not have that property.
"Our chosen, crafted interlocutor is not a mind like ours. It is a device which has no notion of truth or of morality."
Trump?
by Animats
7/1/2026 at 7:11:06 PM
Derived math in biology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gompertz_function#Formulaby 1970-01-01
7/1/2026 at 8:10:34 PM
Doesn't really match my experience.by karahime
7/1/2026 at 7:03:25 PM
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