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Finitism sounds like a good idea actually because Mathematicians have a terribly bad habit of playing with infinity when they could be doing real work :)
by bodas 8y ago
Finitism sounds like a good idea actually because Mathematicians have a terribly bad habit of playing with infinity when they could be doing real work :)
- llamaz 8y agoThe problem is that "youtube mathematics" focuses on Hilbert's hotel and Aleph Nought, while actual mathematics as it's taught in unversities barely mention these issues. Infinity simplifies mathematics _a lot_ in proving things from the basics of calculus (i.e. analysis).