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Old 17-June-2009, 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Tim Thompson View Post

Logic & math are inseparable, at least in the context of the natural sciences. Math is the natural language of logic, so in order to understand the logic at any level beyond the most rudimentary, you must do the math.
Hmm ... I dont know ...
I believe that they are inseparable but I dont think that you need to do the math to understand the logic ... but rather than logic represents math.

To understand that one can calculate the area under a curve or the volume in funnel doesnt mean that you cant use a curve or a funnel ... or that you cant understand how a funnel works ...

I think sometimes the math just makes things harder to picture and understand ...

Yes ... I do think that if you need to figure out the exact flow of water through the funnel ... you may need to do some math. But you can hold off until you need to do that calculation