Saturday, October 07, 2006

Bugs are features of the Theory

Admin1: Then, what is mathematics?

Dr. Gravytee: Mathematics is the XML of the 17th century.

A1: Or was.

Dr. G: Yes. Was. Today's mathematics has no error that is why mathematics is so bloated.

A1: Alphysics is doubly bloated.

Dr. G: In XML the program does not continue to process when it finds an error. But with HTML it is possible to create documents with lots of errors. This is the reason why HTML browsers are so bloated and why they are so incompatible. Each browser has its own way of figuring out what a document should look like when it encounters an HTML error.

A1: Wow! It's like, I mean, browsers are Doctors of Alphysics!

Dr. G: In Alphysics each Doctor of Alphysics has his own way of defining his own favorite Universe. And each of these Universes are based on an error in mathematics.

A1: For example, division by zero became the famous black hole!

Dr. G: You see why Doctors of Alphysics will never give up their authority over mathematics. If and when Doctors of Alphysics give up their authority over mathematics and, say, chose XML as their professional language they will no longer be able to invent absurdities based on linguistic abuse and sell them as true science in bestselling books.

A1: That's a scary thought. But it will never happen.

Dr. G: True. It will never happen. Once a bureaucracy is created, and in this case it is a lucrative bureaucracy feeding the giant entertainment industry, it will never go away. Never.

A1: But it will change its name.

Dr. G: Yes.

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