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		woopsn 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is mathematics mostly chaos or mostly order? When was the circle discovered? When it became essential to physics?

mjburgess 6 months ago [–]

When it was essential to perception. Its necessary to have a model of a circle (, elipse...) in order to correctly parse (at least,) visual perception -- because space is inherently geometrical.

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