• KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.de
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    21 days ago

    Arguably, there is no objective truth, since the symbols and rules of mathematics are assigned arbitrarily, and are basically a social contract, just like language!

    …Wait, that means there’s no objective meaning of “objective”, crap

    • Arguably, there is no objective truth

      Yes there is, just look in Maths textbooks

      since the symbols and rules of mathematics are assigned arbitrarily

      The signs are, the rules aren’t.

      are basically a social contract, just like language!

      Nope and nope. It’s a tool for calculating things, nothing like a language at all.

      no objective meaning of “objective”

      There is, in a dictionary, just like the rules of Maths are in Maths textbooks

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      21 days ago

      Well yeah take enough shrooms and everything is suddenly exposed as the artificial construct that it is. But we don’t have time to wake up and reinvent language every morning ;)