scientific language thread
if latin is the language of science and greek is the language of mathematics, then should sanskrit be the language of engineering?
In sanskrit, two people can independently arrive at the same name for a newly invented object because words almost always represent properties of objects rather than being labels that serve as symbols of objects as is conventional for human languages.
>implying mathematics and engineering aren't sciences
Oh hell no. I'm not learning another alphabet and more meme language rules.
POO
>scientific language
>if latin is the language of science
Could you please start making sense
Arabic is the language of Algebra.
Latin is the language of Calculus.
>In sanskrit, two people can independently arrive at the same name for a newly invented object because words almost always represent properties of objects
Germans due this too. I nominate German to be the language of engineering. Oh wait, it already is to some extent.
English is the language of science, mate.
What the fuck? Just because we name things in Latin and Greek doesn't make them their designated languages. You can still do maths and use Cyrillic letters.
Isn't indian numerals the language of math?
>Veeky Forums talking about science and maths
>Arabic is the language of Algebra.
Humanities faggot spotted.
>cyrillic is a language
>indian numerals is a language
Why do brits say maths? The English th to s sound is hard as hell to say, even to native speakers
>greek is the language of mathematics
Maybe over 2000 years ago this was true, but now it's pretty much English/French/Russian. Mathematics was pretty much entirely reworked in the last 150 years, and some fields like differential geometry really only developed into a form recognizable by math students today 50 years ago, and virtually all of the texts earlier than that aren't really relevant to our studies.
Well, mathematics isn't a science. To not really get into it too much mathematics is based on affirming truths, whereas science aims to falsify statements (if you're Chinese, science aims to falsify lab results, but that's a whole 'nother issue).
Truths that can be affirmed become theorems that fit into larger mathematical theories
Statements that can't be falsified become scientific laws.
During the 19th century, "math" and "maths" became common ways of abbreviating "mathematics" in academic papers.
"Math" caught on in America.
"Maths" caught on in the UK.
Later, people started just saying the abbreviation, which is pretty common (think "fax" for "facsimile").
You learn something everyday. Good post
Wingdings is the language of category theory.
>Science doesn't have implications for the humanities
>Maths isn't incredibly important to history
It is. You can use it to communicate ideas. Thats the point of language.
So, considering this, I am starting to think that it is arguably very much possible that English is a meme language