On 11/12/2010 03:08 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> anybody studies them - set theory, number theory, category theory, etc.)
>
> Set theory is how you prove arithmetic works. Prove 2+3=5.

I didn't say that set theory is not *important*. I said it is not 
*interesting*. Certainly not to me, anyway. The obvious stuff is 
obvious, and the non-obvious stuff is all tedious riddle-like splitting 
of hairs rather than interesting insights.

Also, several sources state that set theory is the fundamental basis of 
all of modern mathematics, but not one single one makes any attempt to 
explain this sweeping statement. Your assertion that set theory somehow 
has something vaguely to do with arithmetic is typical of this type of 
statement. If there *is* some kind of connection between set theory and 
arithmetic, it is highly non-obvious.

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