/sci/ - Science & Math

>think they can base all of human reasoning on sets
>but can't even grasp the set of all sets
>can work with all manner of exotic sizes of cardinal numbers
>but can't even figure out if [math]2^{\aleph_0} = \aleph_1[/math] or not
So are set theorists basically the court jesters of the mathematical world? Why are they even allowed to exist?