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Benito comments on Consistent extrapolated beliefs about math? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Benito 04 September 2014 06:30:03PM 2 points [-]

I will state my beliefs regarding the integers: they are practically useful in guiding myself through the world. All other philosophical statements are complicated and often murky, so I will simply resolve myself as uncertain about "the nature of integers' existence" until such time that I have studied the topic more deeply or it becomes of practical importance.