| ▲ | zkmon 3 hours ago | |
In general, anything that is observed to be true at a smaller scale or context can't be extended to much larger scales. That involves assumptions on logic and mathematics to be homogenous across all scales. A pure theoretical extrapolation without bounds is quite common in mathematics, such as proof by induction etc. Also, the foundational axioms of logic themselves could be valid only at a scale that is familiar to humans. For example, the strict bounday between true and false might get blurred and things could be true and false at the same time at other scale. | ||
| ▲ | red75prime 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
> things could be true and false at the same time at other scale. Being true and false at the same time is a contradiction. But yeah, there is such a thing as mathematical intuitionism that rejects the law of excluded middle (which is not "being true and false at the same time"). It's just one philosophical stance among others though. | ||
| ▲ | vatsachak 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
P ^ not P => _|_ The axioms of a logic that are consistent will definitely not let a statement be true and false at the same time. | ||