tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post3138208709109777264..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: An Introduction to Math, by chris the cynic, Part 1: One to one correspondence, sheep, natural numbers, and addition thereof.chris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-34102921122339409192018-04-02T02:54:29.656-04:002018-04-02T02:54:29.656-04:00The perspective you offer here puts me in mind of ...The perspective you offer here puts me in mind of Kronecker's famous saying: "God made the integers, and the rest is the work of man." The just-so story you give is pedagogically very good, but I wonder if it's really the sort of way numbers came to be in our minds. Of course, the way I do math is so ahistorical I have no grounds to complain either way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149737959471024535noreply@blogger.com