[Unedited] Mario Livio with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered?
i was under the er false impression that most, that in general, there was an assumption that, say, these basic mathematical truths are discovered rather than invented. And then i read your book, and i find that, in fact, you've traced that across the centuries, and that it's very much alive to day. This debate is raging even to day. I mean, there are people who will absolutely, you know, bet their house on the fact that mathematics is discovered. They are others that say that it's invented aso.
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