Bob Murphy Admits Steve Patterson Was Right about the Problems with Infinity
Bob has Steve Patterson back on the show, to concede that Steve’s skepticism of higher mathematics was right all along. Specifically, Bob explains how his recent discovery of a theorem from Riemann showed that something is indeed rotten in the way mathematicians typically handle infinite sets.
Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:
The YouTube version of this interview
Steve Patterson’s website and YouTube channel
Steve’s interview with NJ Wildberger
A great summary of Riemann’s Rearrangement Theorem
The BMS episodes on Godel’s Incompleteness Theorems and Arrow’s Impossibility…
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