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We may as well argue about cubism versus reality in painting. The fact that the human mind is even capable of understanding this concept called mathematics is remarkable. I should point out mere numeracy is not mathematics. Only when some general rules are derived can it be called mathematics. I am one of these poor ignorant physicists that insists on the reality of the underlying mathematical theorems. The scary thing is that the theorems eventually are shown to have reality as our technology gets better. I cannot prove this yet but the whole Universe is One very large real time quantum computer. All of us are a part of it. We are linked forever to everything that exists since once everything was in the one place at the same time. This was a minuscule time after the big bang. I wish I was smart enough to make some sort of paradigm leap. I am afraid alas that I am a prisoner of my generation. It is up to some yet to be born young person to come up with an answer if it exists.
Bert
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