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Platonist mathematicians do exist.

• dr_dshiv 2y ago
  The vast majority of mathematicians are platonists. They think math is real.
  • kragen 2y ago
    They might not admit it if they're not drunk enough.
  • Meneth 2y ago
    And the logical conclusion of that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_universe_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_universe_hypothes...
• fenomas 2y ago
  I'll edit out the part of my comment where I suggested they don't.
  • kragen 2y ago
    You can't, so you didn't.
    • fenomas 2y ago
      Weirdly aggressive, but fair enough.
      • kragen 2y ago
        No aggression intended; I just wanted to clarify for anyone reading the thread afterwards who thought I might be responding to a different version of your comment than the one that's there now.