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ndileas01/21/20253 repliesview on HN

I agree with you, but I feel compelled to point out that math regularly generates truth.


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mystified501601/22/2025

From another perspective, what you describe as mathematical truth is actually just a proof of a self-consistent mathematical model. Mathematical truth usually doesn't extend further than the page it's written on.

We can show that our mathematical models are internally self-consistent and match observed reality. These models describe the reality we observe, but not are inherently linked to the true nature of reality. Most of the time, new observations invalidate models we previously considered "true".

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verdverm01/21/2025

Math also generates far more unprovables, thus is it dominated by faith based undertones?

datavirtue01/22/2025

In it's domain.