https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/math_0411091/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49078237urn:hackerpapers:mention:math_0411091:49078237Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:47:04 GMT<p>From page 12: &gt; Why should we believe in real numbers, if most of them, it turns out,[^15] are maximally unknowable like Ω? [^16] The footnotes: &gt; [^15]: See the chapter entitled The Labyrinth of the Continuum in [Chaitin, 2005] &gt; [^16]: In spite of the fact that most individual real numbers will forever escape us, the notion of an arbitrary real has beautiful mathematical properties and is a concept that helps us to organize and understand the real world. Individual concepts in a theory do not need to have concrete meaning on their own; it is enough if the theory as a whole can be compared…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/math_0411091/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>math.HO