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by jackphilson 22 days ago
One requires you to trust a human and the other requires you to trust mathematics.
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varjag 22 days ago
Let me simplify it for the sake of argument. Imagine I am unable to follow a middle school proof of Pythagoras. How does it matter if I trust anyone beyond that? What possible contribution can I build on top of that?
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