the symbols we use for mathematics are *historically contingent and arbitrary*. alien civilizations would not used the same symbols as us.
@faerieboots I was sort of talking about the kind of mathematics papers that I read on the arXiv nightly: http://arxiv.org/list/math/new
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@faerieboots point taken. What presently aggravates me is how high-falutin' people get about the symbols. math is not about arbitraries. eek
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