I don't know what views OP has, but Eric Weinstein certainly seems to think "social construct" means fake based on his replies. Not sure what he earnestly *means* either, but math is definitely a social construct, just one that evolves out of largely academia and philosophy
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You can go another layer up and talk about whether any society (necessarily biased & systemically ignorant, as they all are) that funds maths research for its own purposes will output distorted math. I'm certain this does output some amount of bad work and less useful conventions
I'm not a mathematician and have low confidence in all of these positions, and tbh at each layer I don't think "Is this socially constructed?" is a particularly useful question — though I think it's a more useful question at the top of the stack (re: institutions).
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But I wouldn't bemoan anyone asking or answering it at any layer **as long as they're clear about the layer they're working on.** When Matt relies on a "philosophy of math" motte & then follows up by tweeting about trans athletes, I feel very
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Why is that? I don't see the Motte and Bailey here. Both are socially constructed, neither of which confers a moral value on the construction. Indeed, in the case of both gender and math, it invites criticism that long held beliefs that are held to be may not be true
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