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Maybe, but it's a useful lie.
That is true.

But I contend the planetary theorem of atoms is not a useful lie. Damn elementary school teachers.
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All is discrete.
So, NOW, you come around to string theory.
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But I contend the planetary theorem of atoms is not a useful lie. Damn elementary school teachers.
You didn't bust out an eigenfunction to disprove this?
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I think I agree with all of this, except the first sentence.

Doesn't everyone believe that mathemeatics are a truth?
You think set theory is a "burden"?
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I think they were thrown into the water to drown

i don't know

it was a long time ago

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I think I agree with all of this, except the first sentence.

Doesn't everyone believe that mathematics are a truth?
Which day was that again?
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