[HN Gopher] 'Proof' Review: Finding Truth in Numbers
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       'Proof' Review: Finding Truth in Numbers
        
       Author : Hooke
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2025-06-06 21:17 UTC (4 days ago)
        
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       | tromp wrote:
       | https://archive.is/os3ew
        
       | NoahZuniga wrote:
       | I don't like how they give and example of a geometric axiom and
       | then give a number theory result. This makes it seem that the
       | number theory result follows from the geometric axions.
        
         | JadeNB wrote:
         | > I don't like how they give and example of a geometric axiom
         | and then give a number theory result. This makes it seem that
         | the number theory result follows from the geometric axions.
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         | This isn't some weird gloss on their part; there are number-
         | theory results in Euclid's Elements, even if you and I would
         | nowadays think of them as belonging to a different discipline.
        
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