Figs in Winter
Sep 21, 2024

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Hermes, that’s not the way it works. The Pythagorean theorem is absolutely true given the axioms, like everything else in geometry or math. Whether it applies to the physical world is a different matter altogether. Tha’s why math is not a science. I just finished reading a paper about Einstein’s epistemology, and he claimed the very same thing.

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Figs in Winter
Figs in Winter

Written by Figs in Winter

by Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other philosophies of life.

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