TimS comments on The Emergence of Math - Less Wrong
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No, you've misunderstood me. The OP's theory of mathematical-truth-as-physical-object is hopelessly flawed.
But you are wrong about infinity. It is hard to built modern technology without calculus, and impossible to have calculus without infinite sums (integrals) or infinite limits (derivatives). If you are trying to make a point about academic / non-physical mathematics, you might have a point (depending on how cutting edge physics turns out to work) - but infinity does not advance the ball.