IntHatBar

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Hi Jon, Thanks for taking the time to do an AMA! Clearly you work a TON. What activities do you do to keep yourself grounded? Do you ever mow the grass, rake leaves, shovel snow?

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Did you happen to see Robert Cowan from SparkFun? I heard he was recently there as well.

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Hi There, Thanks for doing this. While I haven't yet read your book, I have a question regarding the statement that mathematics is a language.

Imagine a species of alien beings develop independently of humans and eventually, humans and aliens meet.

  1. Would the math line up? i.e. Would one unit multiplied by ten units equal ten units?

  2. Assuming the math does line up... (I can't imagine a world where it wouldn't.) There would clearly be direct mapping between concepts in alien math and concepts in human math. Even if one race has not yet proven a concept, a mapping could still be created.

Finally, the question: What are your thoughts on the reverse of your claim? Is language a form of mathematics? Is there a direct mapping that can be created between concepts in two languages?