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		monero-xmr on Feb 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does mathematics need a philosophy? You can imagine infinity but reality is not imagination

catach on Feb 16, 2023 | [–]

The context of the conversation is about imagining universes with different properties, however.

remexre on Feb 16, 2023 | [–]

is the list of the natural numbers (0, 1, 2, and so on) real?

is the length of any list real?

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