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Conversations with David Berlinski: What Is a Number?

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On an episode of ID the Future, mathematician and philosopher David Berlinski talks with Casey Luskin about the nature of numbers and mathematics.

What exactly is a number, and does mathematics exist beyond the human mind? Berlinski and Luskin discuss how what we know about math comports with modern science.

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