The Hidden Geometry of Everything
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Is It Out There in the World or Created by the Human Mind?
There is an age-old debate about whether mathematics is discovered or invented. Is it out there in the world or is it created by the human mind? I think I've made my position clear, right? It's creation of the human mind. It starts in the brain. And that's why you can be blind and still develop mathematics. But we select our mathematics in part because it's useful to the external world.
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