[ExI] The "Unreasonable" Effectiveness of Mathematics in theNatural Sciences

Jef Allbright jef at jefallbright.net
Mon Sep 29 21:06:16 UTC 2008


On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com> wrote:

> ... I simply assume that the
> "heliocentric" view is simply a much simpler, more elegant and more
> Occam-compliant way to describe our portion of the universe.

Isn't the "more Occam-compliant way", simpler and more elegant, the
now common scientific view that there is /no/ such privileged position
or portion of the universe?

-  Jef



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