On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > But a *great* mathematician will say, "Hmmm, actually, we don't *know* that > 2+2 equals 4, because we cannot prove that arithmetic is absolutely > consistent. If arithmetic is not consistent, then we might simultaneously > prove that 2+2 = 4 and 2+2 ≠ 4, which is unlikely but not inconceivable." >
And the mother of a young child will say "It just is. Now eat your greens." ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
