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I'm not a mathematician but I enjoy maths both as an anchor to an objective reality and as an art of expression (or rather compression of axiomatic ideas into tight and elegant equations). A shift in the framework of thinking can radically change viewpoints we have adopted so far (if it's not the otherwise) however often to come off as controversial.

It reminds me of my old days in high-school when I was intrigued by unconventional ways of doing maths, I often had the habit of mixing many different domains into one derivation (which often led to people interpreting it as nonsense). I realize that even if I were "right", whether it is or not is dependent on a subjective, mutual, and shared convention.



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