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TheBuddha ago

Those SBBH people are terrible! They should all be banned!

NeedleStack ago

Ha ha.

TheBuddha ago

giggles

I can assure you, it wasn't me. Not that you probably thought it was me, but I figure I should state it aloud. I only accepted the mod invite to SBBH 'cause I kept getting accused of being one and I enjoy antagonizing @freshmeat. Seriously, you might want to try it. Go poke 'em with a stick, it's funnier than hell.

I figure I've been accused of just about everything, so I might as well revel in it. I'm a shill for Big Math and the Classical Guitar Cabal. We've infiltrated everywhere!

GoatyMcGoatface ago

I've yet to see the formal proof for 2+2=4

TheBuddha ago

http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/as2446/224.pdf

You'll need to understand set theory. Bertrand Russell took like 163 pages to prove that 1 + 1 = 2. I don't recommend reading it.

totes_magotes ago

Someone had too much time.

TheBuddha ago

Meh... Mathematicians have a high standard for proof. In this case, it's largely just set theory and understanding what a set of natural numbers is. In the end, Ol' Bert largely concluded it was logicism all the way down. I think he was a bit of a fatalist. His other philosophical works kind of support this.