Egor vilotic says he's not a mathematical realist. I think that the physical world exists, and that mathematics is something that we human beings used to talk about the physical world. If you have an inconsistent mathematical formalism, it can predict anything. Egor Vilotic: In some sense, i want my cake and eat it too. But i couldn't actually promise you that it's worth drawing.
Welcome to the May 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable size — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
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