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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Math is a falsifiable explanatory system. Relationships to our perceptions of reality are nonessential. Math is still true on LSD.
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Math is the ultimate solipsistic system. I'm not interested in my mind (it's terrible), I'm interested in what's out there.
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Ah, I see. I think we found the difference; I’m not instrumental about knowledge.
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