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2026-05-06 21:09 UTC

@yenndc Yeah but for instance I think of imaginary numbers or Quaternions and something tells me the fact we need these things implies that something with the foundations of our mathematics is wrong. So we use workarounds to express what in "reality" is probably an entirely different beast than something that turns out to be "kinda neat" as a rotation in the complex plane. Or transcendent numbers, or undecidable problems, or iNfiNiTiEs. Speaking of, I'm also a bit of an ultrafinitist, ngl.

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@yenndc@kolektiva.social 2026-05-06 23:25

@jupiter Tbh I see the same and I read it as something being wrong with *reality*, but ymv. 🥴 I certainly don't see anything more problematic with 𝑖 than with, say, -1. Nor with undecidable problems; those seem to follow rather naturally from the idea of algorithms for example… But otoh… meh. Doubt we'll ever know for sure anyway. I'm not particularly feeling like getting deep into this kind of discussions anymore — so think I'll leave it at: enjoy your chosen cheese! ^~ I'll go much some apple. :3

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