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kevin_thibedeau
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Roger Penrose – Is Mathematics Invented or Discove...
It is a system for modeling concepts invented by man. Everything that falls out of such a system is a product of the invention. Numbers don't inherently exist. Everything derived from that concept can't be a "discovery".
red75prime
on April 17, 2020
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> Numbers don't inherently exist
How do we know that it is true?
kevin_thibedeau
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They are symbols that we assign arbitrary meaning to. They are useful because of the axiomatic framework constructed to support them.
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