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To: betty boop
Does that make it untrustworthy? If not, then why not?

I suppose the fact that there is disagreement over it suggests that some people consider it untrustworthy, at least in part. You subscribe to one philosophy of mathematics over another. Does that mean you consider some mathematics to be more "trustworthy" than others?

773 posted on 01/06/2009 12:00:40 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic
Does that mean you consider some mathematics to be more "trustworthy" than others?

No. Math is math — "it is what it IS."

And it is indispensable to the acquisition of knowledge about our world, and ultimately to human well-being.

779 posted on 01/06/2009 12:11:31 PM PST by betty boop
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