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Old 05-17-2007, 12:37 AM
PairTheBoard PairTheBoard is offline
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Default Re: Math is God, Euler is Jesus

How can you say math is God when you people can't even agree on what math is? For example, are you going to allow the Axiom of Choice? Will your probability theory include Countable Additivity or only Finite Additivity? According to Godel your Math-God is not even Complete. There will always be additional axioms you can add to enlarge your Math-God. Not only that, you can add the negation of the axiom just as easily and nobody can tell which system is the really True Math-God. So whenever somebody points out that your Math-God is flawed by its limitations you'll just add another axiom.

Will you assume the Continuum Hypothesis is True? Or will you assume it's False? You can assume either just as well for your new axiom. Who is going to decide which Math-God your revised Math-god is going to become? Or will you just continue working with a Math-God lacking a Continuum Hypothesis Axiom and hope you don't miss anything important?

And who is going to be your authority on questions of Mathology? Did Euler assign a line of authoritarian succession? For example, do your Math Concepts really exist or are they just figments of your imagination? Will you go to the Church of Math-God Platonists or will you be Math-God Atheists and admit your Math Concepts are just creations of your mind that don't really exist?

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