• Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Meanwhile the mathematicians who got a bit too close Philosophy are still arguing about which logic to use and if a proof by contradiction is even a proof at all.

    • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Ehh…

      Gödel basically showed we can never know which “mathematics” is the “correct one”.

      “Proven true assuming my axioms are true” is closer to reality.