TimS comments on Rationality Quotes March 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TimS 05 March 2012 08:31:12PM 5 points [-]

The derivation from the axioms is not checked by empirical data

I agree. Isn't deriving propositions from axioms what mathematics is?

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 06 March 2012 05:23:03AM -1 points [-]

A mathematician might say so, yes. I'm a physicist; I'm not really interested in what can be derived from axioms unconnected to reality.

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