Nov 19, 2023
Who says "a successful theory must have some challenging mathematics" to resolve inconsistencies, mathematicians or philosophers? Is that necessity mathematical or philosophical (i.e. handwaving)? You're showing how scientism/positivism undermines itself, by presupposing a "handwaving" declaration. But we've known about that self-refutation for around a century.
Following Lee Smolin, I deflate mathematical necessity below:
