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I stopped caring about 'paradoxes' ever since I understood there's no isomorphism between pure mathematical concepts and human language.
by yuvadam 15y ago
I stopped caring about 'paradoxes' ever since I understood there's no isomorphism between pure mathematical concepts and human language.
- lurker17 15y agoThe paradoxes are important in highlighting the ambiguities in our language. The annoying aspect is when someone uses a paradox to show off how mathematically clever they are, instead of to show how ambiguous language is. As XKCD illustrates: https://www.xkcd.com/169/ https://www.xkcd.com/169/