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by kragen 481 days ago
Platonist mathematicians do exist.
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dr_dshiv 481 days ago
The vast majority of mathematicians are platonists. They think math is real.
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Meneth 481 days ago
And the logical conclusion of that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_universe_hypothes...
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kragen 481 days ago
They might not admit it if they're not drunk enough.
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fenomas 481 days ago
I'll edit out the part of my comment where I suggested they don't.
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kragen 480 days ago
You can't, so you didn't.
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fenomas 480 days ago
Weirdly aggressive, but fair enough.
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kragen 480 days ago
No aggression intended; I just wanted to clarify for anyone reading the thread afterwards who thought I might be responding to a different version of your comment than the one that's there now.
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