“In the history of ideas, it's repeatedly happened that an idea, developed in one area for one purpose, finds an unexpected application elsewhere. Concepts developed purely for philosophy of mathematics turned out to be just what you needed to build a computer. Statistical formulae for understanding genetic change in biology are now applied in both economics and in programming.” ReasonScienceEconomicsLogicMathematicsReasoningBiologyProblem SolvingComputer SciencePolymath Author:Patrick Grim