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Mathematics is objective in so far as the defined axioms correspond to reality. The axioms themselves are completely subjective assumptions as they can't be proved. If we agree on objective laws which cannot be proven to be unconditionally and totally true, we can treat those laws as self-evident in...

As soon as you question something enough you realize you never truly know if it's true. There's an eternal why that can never truly be answered. Axioms, that can't be proved and therefore can't be known to be true, underlie every belief and knowledge that we have. Is this not the work of faith? If y...