ATDTDA (7): 201-203 decoding

Monte Davis monte.davis at bms.com
Mon Apr 30 13:52:43 CDT 2007


Ray Easton wrote:

>
> Yashmeen...  is trying to achieve with mathematics something that 
> mathematics can never in principle provide....And the 
> Quaternion/VectorAnalysis debate is entirely theological...


Bingo. The math in AtD is there to exemplify how desperately people want 
a system that promises more-than-human certainty. As are anarchism and 
Werfnerian geopolitics, Fuad of the Desert and Vibe's final, frothing 
vision of capital triumphant (pp. 1000-1001). As was astronomy in M&D. 
As were control theory in GR, virtu' and the quest for V herself before 
that.     



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