Closer to Truth

Is Mathematical Truth & Beauty Intrinsic Or Impose

Season 22, Episode 2 of 10

Mathematics works to describe our world. But what about mathematics itself? Can we say what math is, not just what math does? Is math intrinsic to existence, the building blocks of all that is? Or is math imposed on existence, constructs of human minds? The difference is fundamental.

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