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by jeapostrophe
4687 days ago
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We should not throw out mathematics, but we should recognize that most mathematical proofs are not based on logic, but human intuition in the first place. Human intuition and wisdom are valuable and lay the foundation for all that we do and there's no reason to ignore them when we're programming and insist that all valid programs have to follow some particular set of rules. |
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Mathematical proofs are explicitly logical statements, if they aren't based in logic they aren't proofs by definition. Mathematical intuition is what leads us to ideas but it's only within the framework of formal reasoning that we "know" anything within mathematics. Poincare said it nicely:
"It is by logic we prove, it is by intuition that we invent."