Re: txaq007\'s Inescapable Error
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That would entail that e.g. Fermat's theorem was not a mathematical certainty 50 years ago, but that it is a mathematical certainty now.
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the use of certainty as regards mathematical proof, and the use of certainty in describing human feelings are too different definitions of the word. If you treat them as one you just confuse yourself,
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Mathematicians were not certain of Fermat’s theorem until recently, however it has always been a mathematical certainty.
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we are left with just a definitional disagreement.
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Usually the answer with these sorts of arguments.
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