Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Math is Subjunctively Objective - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 01 January 2013 04:41:22AM -2 points [-]

Actually, the pythagorean theorem and pi still apply regardless of what dimension of geometry the world obeys (3-dimensional newtonian physics, 4-dimensional relativistic spacetime, 11-dimensional string theory, etc).

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 01 January 2013 04:49:13AM 0 points [-]

I don't know what you mean by that.