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The language brain matters more for programming th...
It's easily argued that languages are subsets of math.
js8
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Easily? Not sure. But perhaps it's a linguistic version of the Skolem paradox. Looks like Hilary Putnam had some things to say on that..
DiscourseFan
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Before Godel, yeah. Many in math departments would like to believe that claim but would not accept it when pressed.
del_operator
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Left as an exercise for the reader.
ulbu
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and both are instances / processes of symbolic composition.
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