Tag: numbers
How Frogs and Fish “Count”
We’re beginning to find out more about how animals that don’t really “think” much can keep track of numbers, when needed.
Mathematics and the God Hypothesis
There is a classical proof of God’s existence that uses universal concepts such as mathematics, proposed most prominently by St. Augustine.
Did Researchers Teach Fish to “Do Math”?
Some test fish learned how to how to get food pellets but the difficulty, as so often, lies with interpretation.
Why Just Anything Can’t Happen Via Infinite Universes
Can you be bald in one universe and fully haired in another? Can you have two eyeballs in this universe and three in another? The answer is no.
The Messy Numbers that Signify Cosmic Design
If you’ve ever tuned a violin, you’ll know that the arrangement of the fine tuners on the tailpiece, once you’re done, looks arbitrary.