[Jason-Andrade]

This entire subject is very academic and theoretical, and will never impact anything in the real world. Using Big Fractions instead of floating-point numbers is a far more concrete argument with definite real-world impact! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13855198

[Retra]

Mathematical structure can -- and has -- impacted the world with far reaching and unparalleled effectiveness without ever even having to have had introduce the concept of a number. Math really isn't about numbers.