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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/10/2014 14:35, Thomas Bitterman
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Lee <span
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this debate before and I know it can be disturbing to the
purely science/mathematically<br>
minded. But math isn't really "universal". It a system of
calculation created by the human mind<br>
which is part of a primate brain evolved from more
primitive mammalian ancestors.<br>
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<div>Is there an argument against the universality of
mathematics that isn't just the Genetic Fallacy?<br>
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I think it's universal. Basically mathematics is a fractal set of
strings made from other strings by following rules, and it's
possible to embed the rules in the fractal. All mathematics can be
encoded entirely inside the standard arithmetic of the natural
numbers, or simple geometry on a plane.<br>
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- Gerry Quinn<br>
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