04-05-2004, 12:16 PM
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Pissing in the cornflakes
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Originally posted by tisonlyi
Numbers are concepts, as is the logic that manipulates them.
Concepts borne of our own imaginations, as reference points for shared experience.
These concepts are not absolutes, they do not exist in anything but the human mind.
Maths is _our_, _human_ method of describing what we see, our experiences, in a formalised manner and as such, it is entirely subjective.
As subjective as any other language, as abstract as money, faith and love.
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