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Re: Discussion of math’s place in physics from a thread on cyclic cosmology
I totally agree. I am often astounded by formal "mathematical proofs" that at the very least, completely leave the realm of mathematical certainty and enter into the dangerous terriitory of epistemology. In some cases, I would describe the proofs as violating fundamental principals of epistemology (something mathematicians are not always familiar with). It seems you can prove anything as long as the suspicious parts of the proof remain outside the realm of, and therefore outside the scrutiny of, strict mathematics.
If it was in fact the case that I simply did not understand something about the proof that would calm my suspicions, I would never know it because if I ever asked a professor said professor would have an emotional breakdown and result to debate fallacies and other immature behavior. At best, this tells me that most people in acadameia are more socially driven than truth driven.
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