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A Goodreads user asked Manny Rayner:

If something can be represented with numbers or symbols, does that also mean that they ARE numbers or symbols?

Manny Rayner I've seen several people try to answer that question. Paraphrasing slightly, Max Tegmark in Our Mathematical Universe says of course they are, it's bleeding obvious, but Roland Omnès in Philosophie de la science contemporaine says you gotta be kidding, are you some kind of retard? I'm guessing their friends try to keep them at opposite ends of the bar when they attend the same conference.

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Farhâd Keyvân asked Manny Rayner:

You review of Sabine's new book was weird to say the least. You are not a physicist, I assume. And the way you look at research as similar to gambling shows your lack of education. A truly dumb-ass, irresponsible, and nasty view of physics or science in general. Maybe you should concentrate on gambling and poker which seem to be your favorite pass times . Do you get it?

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Any good throwaway ideas for a book, like something you definitely won't be writing yourself? Also, can you write it for me?

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Which is more dangerous, out-of control political correctness, or out-of control governments? How does this relate to the topic of postmodernistic devices as explored in the novels of Thomas Pynchon? What is the meaning of unicorns?

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