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5 Post author: MrMind 10 August 2015 07:29AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 14 August 2015 11:53:35PM -2 points [-]

It's common sense to infer that someone is talking about valid proofs when they talk about believing in proofs.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 16 August 2015 02:33:39AM 2 points [-]

That is the problem in a nutshell: how do you know it is a valid proof? All the time one thinks the proof is valid and it turns out one is wrong.