Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I didn't say that set theory is not *important*. I said it is not 
> *interesting*. 

It's interesting if you want to know whether arithmetic is complete and 
consistent, for example.  Godel's theorem certainly is an interesting insight.

> 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.

And *that* is what makes it interesting!  Set theory is like the lambda 
calculus - it's tiny and trivial, but you can prove anything with it.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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