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Anthony Bonato
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Anthony Bonato's personal blog at anthonybonato.com covers math and science. Since 2016, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-01-11, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link this post on whether mathematics is real, arguing that mathematics is a form of language. The one comment questions the post's Galileo example and its claim, citing neuroscience.
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What Hacker News says?
1. I do not think Galileo is either a characteristic example of a physicist or mathematician, or a particularly good example at all [1]. 2. While I would say that most would trivially agree that mathematics is a form of language [2], it is less common to argue that mathematics is _just that_. And, crucially, it is not supported by neuroscience [3]. It seems that there are distinct brain areas involved specifically i…
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on “Is math real?”Submitted This is your brain on mathematics as a story · 45 points
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