• marcos@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Social conventions are real, well defined things. Some mathematicians like to pretend they aren’t, while using a truckload of them; that’s a hypocritical opinion.

    That’s not to say you can’t change them. But all of basic arithmetic is a social convention, you can redefine the numbers and operations any time you want too.

    • Social conventions are real, well defined things

      So are the laws of nature, that Maths arises from

      Some mathematicians like to pretend they aren’t, while using a truckload of them; that’s a hypocritical opinion

      No, you making false accusations against Mathematicians is a strawman

      That’s not to say you can’t change them

      You can change the conventions, you cannot change the rules

      But all of basic arithmetic is a social convention

      Nope, law of nature. Even several animals know how to count.

      you can redefine the numbers and operations any time you want too

      And you end up back where you started, since you can’t change the laws of nature