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Originally Posted by kyle8921
And you could draw an isoceles triangle, and it would then exist, right?
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Hmmm, no. Not physically. Any drawing that you make will never be an isosceles triangle, or even just a triangle. It will always be a drawing of one!
When I was at high school a classmate was once getting into an argument with a teacher over some matter of geometry. The teacher asked him if points exist and, when they guy answered yes, the teacher told him to bring a kilogramme of points next day.
To a mathematician, they exist. But a mathematician doesn't say they exist physically.
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