(September 5, 2018 at 7:52 am)polymath257 Wrote: Mathematical objects exist *as language constructs*. If you are claiming that deities only exist in the same way, you might be able to avoid the delusion label.
Platonism was the first major philosophical mistake.
Added: If you pray to the number 2 and think you get an answer, you are delusional. if you think any mathematical object has an intelligence, you are delusional.
I understand your frustration. Theists dragged philosophy and fucked it around like a cheap whore. Math however, is just out of their reach. It's a hard mistress, needs attention and careful thought. I should know. Contrary to theology (lel), where one just makes things as they go.
No person with any basic understanding of math could equate it to a god. It has been the foundation of mankind progress ever since goat herders made marks on sticks to count the lifestock. Way before they were able to write the silly fables of gods.
There is no limit for ignorance. Math requires formal proof and consistence. Its work in process. But then, theists of the delusional kind just piss and shit on everything on their personal path.
