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Re: New science section



On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 11:56:33PM -0500, Amy Fong wrote:
> Anti-Juhani Kaijanaho  <gaia@iki.fi> wrote:
> >On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 01:29:38PM +0100, Filip Van Raemdonck wrote:
> >> Isn't math supposed to be a science?

> >No.  Math is an art form.
> >Speaking as a math major,

> No. Speaking as a math major, math is neither science nor art. 
> Math rightfully belongs in its own category/faculty rather than trying to
> fit it into something else.

<hokey french accent>

Mathematics is a radio for speaking to God.

</hokey french accent>

And my random .sig is once again .significant...

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