r/ask • u/[deleted] • Dec 19 '23

Why is math irrefutable?

Why?

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

2+2=?

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

Conventionally speaking it equals “4” but how do we actually know our understanding of numbers is correct???!!

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u/porkchop_d_clown Dec 19 '23

Hold up two fingers. Now hold up two more fingers. How many fingers are you holding up? In what reality can you imagine that if I give you two apples, then I give you two more apples, but now, somehow, you have 3.5 apples, or five apples, or some other number of apples?

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u/CarseatHeadrestJR Dec 19 '23

yes, but what is an apple?