Barkley_Rosser comments on Trust in Math - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Barkley_Rosser 18 January 2008 09:35:04PM 0 points [-]

Oh, and regarding infinitesimals again, some have argued that the old medieval dispute about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin was really a debate about the existence or nonexistence of infinitesimals.