Re: Another Inconvenient Truth
- From: Han de Bruijn <Han.deBruijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:49:48 +0200
Mike Kelly wrote:
On 7 Aug, 14:28, Han de Bruijn <Han.deBru...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article
http://groups.google.nl/group/sci.math/msg/859d0f3750a0e9dc
David Petry writes:
WHY DOES CANTOR'S THEORY PERSIST?
Almost everyone who criticizes Cantor's theory eventually points out
the similarities between Cantor's theory and religion (or mysticism).
Cantor's theory is a mythology about a more perfect world lying beyond
the world we observe. It's an escape from reality. The Cantorians even
sometimes refer to it as a paradise. It's not about truth. It's not
an agreement by all observers about the nature of reality, but rather
it's agreement among the elites about a world view to be imposed upon
a gullible community for reasons other than to benefit society as a
whole. Cantor's theory persists for the same reasons that religion and
mysticism persist.
And that is not true. There is a far more profound reason why Cantor's
theory persists. But the reason why is Another Inconvenient Truth, even
for people like David Petry.
Because it is _useful_. That is indeed an inconvenient truth for
cranks.
Wrong. Cantor's theory is useless on too many occasions.
Han de Bruijn
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