Essence of maths

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DarkFalz

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Hello,

i dont know if this is normal, but i think i "broke the wall". Some days ago i started questioning the origins of math. Why numbers are valid, why do they exist, why every civilization thought about them. I think i'm starting to lose the math intuition i once had since i'm starting to question about things like 2 balls plus 2 balls equals 4 balls. What is 2 and what is 4? Is math just an abstraction of basic units (1) that can be applied to every problem nowadays?

How can we prove that 2+2=4? Is it by thinking that if i have . . and i join with .. i get .... and that is something i called 4 and is composed by 4 dots?

I might be looking stupid, i'm sorry
 
I don't think thats stupid. We alll wonder at some point and time. I do, and wonder the same thing. Though, I have no answer for it. I don't know if anyone does. They may. Forget I said anything.
 
To be honest, I didn't really need to know. It was more of a "wow! that's an interesting question. whats the answer" I was just curious....... Please don't get mad :(
 
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The hexadecimal number system actually handles that. 1A could be thought as Ten One
 
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