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by akira2501 715 days ago
> drilling down too much on conventions misses the point of math.

What is "the point of math?"
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__MatrixMan__ 715 days ago
I thought it was about finding conventions that are useful, surprising, or pleasing in some way. Or, given a set of conventions, finding new ways that they are useful, surprising, or pleasing.

So I'm curious to know about this other... non-conventional point.

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ithkuil 715 days ago
Well, the point, in math, is a zero dimensional object.
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