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Are We Living in a Dark Age? Bret Speaks with Steve Patterson

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Is There a Foundation for Mathematics?

There was a formal academic crisis around the foundations of mathematics from 18 80 to 19 forties. The school of thought that wound up winning didn't have good philosophical answers. Something very similar happened in physics where you had a revolution, in multiple revolutions. And so if there are non euclidian geometries, maybe we need a different foundation for math.

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