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[–] Naich@lemmings.world 31 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Biology is just applied chemistry. Chemistry is just applied physics. Physics is just applied maths. Everything is maths.

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

This is one of my favorite xkcds

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Math is just simplified physics. Physics is just simplified chemistry. Chemistry is just simplified biology.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Chemistry is just simplified biology.

Eh, for organic, maybe. For inorganic not really. And all the crystal stuff is just physics we appropriated. And the rest of materials science is rightfully ours as well and one day we shall take it back from the engineers.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

I was thinking about that and I decided I didn't give a fuck

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Math is just simplified physics

I don't know if I agree with that. Math is the language used to express Physics concepts. Physics is a conceptualization of the fundamental laws of the universe

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Trust a physicist to get butthurt that other fields are harder than theirs.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

And holding up that entire stack is philosophy.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Not wrong at all, as true today as when it was first said.