Taleb's counter argument:

For instance, mathematics as taught for "liberal" education, was theoretical mind exercise. Euclid's theorem was never used in building. Meanwhile builders (parts of guilds with trade secrets) were using their own heuristic, richer, geometry.

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• 对此我无法argue太多。故宫不是靠几何学家的指导建造出来的，没错。但是这不影响数学->实证科学->现代科技的关系。 -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/24/2023 postreply 15:15:28

• 没有一批古希腊数学家，没有欧拉、牛顿、高斯这些数学巨匠的贡献，人类不可能有现代科技和现代生活。 -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/24/2023 postreply 15:21:03

• Sure. Just to offer another view. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/24/2023 postreply 15:23:57

• This view is nice. Thanks. -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/24/2023 postreply 17:45:00