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Re:The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism by bumbledraven on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:00PM (#15553595)
^^^^ There's the goalpost you just moved.
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Re:The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism by danharaj on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:07PM (#15553660)
> because that's not the same thing as a there being "no absolute truth" in mathematics.

what else is this going to mean? "absolute truth" in mathematics should be a mathematical concept. Is that not the definition of "in mathematics"? I don't think you should accuse me of moving the goalposts when they aren't clearly... posted.

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Re:The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism by bumbledraven on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:31PM (#15553931)
"Absolute truth" has nothing to do with a mathematical definition of truth. Simple English Wikipedia [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_truth] even lists several mathematical truths as examples of absolute truths:

> For example, there are no round squares. There are also no square circles. The angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees.

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Re:The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism by danharaj on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:49PM (#15554124)
I guess hyperbolic space doesn't exist. Let's agree to part ways; nothing productive can come of this thread.
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