Convinced myself that "1" is a fake idea (an abstraction) again
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There are no indivisible, observable objects. Considering only the natural numbers, one is indivisible. And therefore fake.
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That's fake. Useful, succinct, beautiful, but a complete construct. We are real and pizza is real.
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My definition of “reality” is: the thing that sometimes falsifies my hypotheses. Math “kicks back” theopensociety.net/2013/09/realit
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Mathematics is a set of abstract ideas that generalize and describe concepts humans observe in the physical world.
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Math is a falsifiable explanatory system. Relationships to our perceptions of reality are nonessential. Math is still true on LSD.
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*two jenga towers sit before you* "1+1=2!" *you try pushing them together but they fall apart* "1+1=...lots?"
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“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away” -- Philip K. Dick (in Valis)
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