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Re:Is math real? by coxmichael on Monday September 25, 2023 @07:27PM (#37652180)
> Math is an epistemological tool to abstract the causality of existence into a simplified structure

The mathematics to accurately predict or relay reality is still complex enough that it’s often beyond us. You’re right in that it’s a tool to understand, but if we’re using simplified math for simplified reality, is it really epistemological?

As you suggest, math isn’t outside the boundary of philosophic investigation. It never was in the past, and I don’t think better approximations change that calculation.

Re:Is math real? by balder1991 on Monday September 25, 2023 @07:32PM (#37652216)
You made me remember this article you might have read before: https://www.wired.com/story/our-machines-now-have-knowledge-...
Re:Is math real? by coxmichael on Monday September 25, 2023 @07:34PM (#37652228)
Thanks, I’ll give it a read