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Ark - where are you headed?
Richard:
Hello Ark,
I know (or rather understand) you have much to do, so please forgive me for asking something I know will compromise your time.
I'm absolutely intrigued by the questions you ask of yourself in the realm of that which is not physical and which you wish to quantify/qualify mathematically. I'd be fascinated to follow your progression if I could understand the language of math but unfortunately my path never led me in that direction and I'm not sure that I was ever capable of higher math anyway. I'm fully numerate when it comes to the basic operations +, -, *,/, and the logical operations of if/then/else. The latter is more of a linguistic logic construct anyway which leads me to my question.
Is there any way you could describe your work in an "Ark's work for Dummies" fashion? Or in other words, could you describe the math and where it is leading you in a verbal language (English would be good as I'm not multi- or even really bi-lingual) rather than math? I'm afraid that when I see symbols other than those mentioned above my brain does a double U-turn, followed by a brakes-off quadruple U-turn, followed by a deep comatose state of life in la-la-land.
I once read a book called Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter which explained mathematical concepts without the use of maths. I was able to understand concepts in English I could never have understood in math and may have been able to contribute linguistically rather than mathematically. This last statement is presumptuous in the extreme I know, but I did score the highest marks in the Commonwealth for 'Abstract English' (a small part of a battery of standardized tests carried out throughout the British Commonwealth way back when school was still primarily a place of learning).
(ugh, I'm trumpet blowing and I hate that)
In the end what I'm asking is, "do you have the time to explain your work non-mathematically?". For us "challenged" this way?
To borrow from Sacha Cohen - "Respect!"
Patience:
Not to speak for Ark... But to allow him to speak for himself should he be busy and miss this post...
He has a blog in Polish that seems to be written for a reasonably broad audience though it gets kind of technical from time to time. You can put it through google translator or some kind of software like that and get a decent idea of what he is talking about.
Here's the link:
http://arkadiusz.jadczyk.salon24.pl/
ark:
--- Quote from: Richard on March 07, 2012, 01:42:26 AM ---In the end what I'm asking is, "do you have the time to explain your work non-mathematically?". For us "challenged" this way?
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Time does not exist. So, surely, I do not have time. On the other hand there are clocks and they seem to run forward rather than backward. I do have many clocks around me (even, someone would say, too many). So I can use these clocks to schedule time periods for describing some of my work in English and without math. I am not sure, however, what would be the optimal form for that. A series of notes? Like blog entries? Perhaps. I like it better than writing a large piece. Something to think about. Thanks.
Shijing:
--- Quote from: ark on March 07, 2012, 10:35:20 AM ---I am not sure, however, what would be the optimal form for that. A series of notes? Like blog entries? Perhaps.
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I think that would be perfect, when and if you have the time for it. It could be as interactive as you decide, and kind of like your own fireside chat :)
Patience:
--- Quote from: ark on March 07, 2012, 10:35:20 AM ---
--- Quote from: Richard on March 07, 2012, 01:42:26 AM ---In the end what I'm asking is, "do you have the time to explain your work non-mathematically?". For us "challenged" this way?
--- End quote ---
Time does not exist. So, surely, I do not have time. On the other hand there are clocks and they seem to run forward rather than backward. I do have many clocks around me (even, someone would say, too many). So I can use these clocks to schedule time periods for describing some of my work in English and without math. I am not sure, however, what would be the optimal form for that. A series of notes? Like blog entries? Perhaps. I like it better than writing a large piece. Something to think about. Thanks.
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Some small pieces when the urge hits you would be absolutely awesome. Here or a blog entry maybe if you find there are not formatting options enough for you here (like you want to show math in an aesthetically cleaner form than possible here).
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