
The Beginning of Infinity, Part 1
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The Conjectural Nature of Knowledge in Mathematics
All knowledge is conjectural and always being guessed/nAxioms might be incorrect and traditionally, the answer to incorrectness is based on clear and obvious observations/nEuclid's Elements shows that what was once accepted as true can be false/nCertainty in mathematics should be approached with skepticism/nBeing wrong in mathematics is possible and one way to prove it wrong is through careful examination and experimentation
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