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>I only believe in numbers I can be bothered counting up to
Please remind me why people take him seriously

>> No.9984382

>>9984359
What if I told you that he is really good at counting.

>> No.9984428

>>9984359
>believe in
Belief is for children and retards.

>> No.9984435

Because he appeals to the easily impressionable. I would guess most of his audience ar edgy freshman in a career related to math. While constructivism in math is a valid posture with actual proponents, he doesn't care about that. He cares about being able to say he's right and everyone else is wrong. His and his followers' sense of self-worth is entirely based on how many people disagree with them.

>> No.9984464

This guy is part of the 0.999...=1 crowd that ruin this board, and also doesnt believe in pi so he thinks circles aren't real. Hes really something else

>> No.9984552

i forget does wildberger actually have a background in math or is he just a quack, I keep forgetting, I remember some anon saying he has a PhD

>> No.9984560

>>9984359
>Please remind me why people take him seriously
Brain damaged conspiracy wackos. What else?

>> No.9984606

>>9984552
He is the discoverer of rational trigonometry after all.

>> No.9984613

Has he come up with a way to derive the computational upper bound of the universe purely ultrafinitistically?

>> No.9984664

>>9984359
>we've always been told, 1+1=2. But why? Why can't 1+1=3?
Based

>> No.9985487

I know a lot of his work is junk but is his history of math series any good? I watched a few videos and he doesn't make any outrageous claims, seems to describe the history fairly. At most, just adds a comment saying "some modern mathematicians disagree"

>> No.9986631

>Copernicus, what a fucking quack!

>That nut Galileo says this shit about ...

>Haha! We all monkey men now Mr Darwin!

>> No.9986745

>NO,INFINITY IS REAL REEEEEEEE
the state of /sci/

>> No.9986774

>>9986745
do you think quantum mechanics is a scam? what's with you people

>> No.9986821

>>9984464
Bait? What is (0.9 + 0.09 + 0.009 + ...)

>> No.9986892

>>9986821
bait?
> (0.9 + 0.09 + 0.009 + ...)
> [0.9] + [0.09] = 0.99
> 0.99 + [0.009] = 0.999
> 0.999 + [...] = 0.999...

>> No.9986947

>>9984359
Better question is why should we take pure abstract infinitarian nonconstructive mathematicians seriously? They contribute absolutely nothing to society while taking a lot from it.

>> No.9986954

>>9984359
I remember a while back I thought of a really big hole in his rational number argument. But I forgot it, ill have to watch the videos again.