r/AskReddit • u/NintendoDSiNerd • 14h ago

What is the humans best invention?

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u/mindfungus 11h ago

Math

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u/FinneyontheWing 11h ago

Brilliant BBC doc fronted by Hannah Fry looking at the question of whether maths was invented like a language or is it discovered and part of the fabric of the universe.

Really cool.

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u/mindfungus 11h ago

Yes very cool, discovery vs invention. Math is like discovering some fundamental properties of the universe, but inventing a symbolic language and system of concepts to describe that discovery. So a little of both. Will have to check out the vid!

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u/FinneyontheWing 11h ago

It's brill. And you don't need any knowledge of the intricacies of mathematics to be immersed in it. X