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What? If this is true then there are a whole lot of misguided mathematicians out there working on "solved" problems. If they could just add whatever axiom seeme
by majos 9y ago
What? If this is true then there are a whole lot of misguided mathematicians out there working on "solved" problems. If they could just add whatever axiom seemed useful math research would be meaningless.
If you're saying that math/theoretical computer science makes unrealistic assumptions, that's a different (and more reasonable) claim.
- totemizer 9y agoThat is not what I said. What I said is that math ultimately doesn't need to and doesn't want to deal with reality. The "proofs" they create do not even have to be consistent with each other, you can pick whatever you need...