>From the video: "What we do is we use the story of math, which is very good and very complete"
I think that summarizes the error of fictionalism. To believe math is a human created invention requires believing that everything we can ever know about math comes from the starting assumptions we choose. We now know this to be untrue, our picture (or anyone's picture) of math will always be incomplete, there is always more math out there to discover. We make progress in math the same way we do in all the other sciences, making observations, drawing conclusions, seeing if our theories are consistent, etc. Over time we develop our accepted axioms the same way we develop our fundamental physical theories. We observe and explore other mathematical structures/universes through the tool of simulation (either using our brains or using computers), and that is how information about other universes enters our own. Jason On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Stephen Paul King <[email protected]>wrote: > For your entertainment: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TbNymweHW4E#! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
