Set Theory and Foundations of Mathematics

  • If you follow the link to his page "I'm upset...Here is why", you can see that this person has a significant degree of "crankiness". These people through their perhaps not deliberate obfuscation, often manage to trick the mathematically naive into thinking there is substance there - "it is so hard and confusing, it must be real math."

    It is a disservice to have links like this on Hacker News.

  • Honestly, Wittgenstein's philosophical critiques of set theory in relation to the foundations of mathematics still hold true today. Shame he doesn't get more recognition for his great work in logic.

  • i blew a google interview question because i failed to recognize a powerset. keeping up with this stuff is pretty important.

  • I studied set theory was I young as a student, but seeing something like this reminds me there's so much to learn, and re-learn.