1 + 1 = 2 (QI: F series, Episode 1)

In order to re-invent mathematics with set theory, it is necessary to prove that 1 + 1 = 2. By the way, Bertrand Russell didn't write 'Principia Mathematica' by himself; he co-wrote it with A.N. Whitehead.

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• bertrand
• russell
• principia
• mathematica
• qi
• stephen
• fry
• alan
• davies

[littlegerman12]

1 person does can not add

[ghandi8749]

@IoEstasCedonta Read Russell's 'introduction to mathematical philosophy' to learn how that is wrong. I would quote it but i've lost my copy.

[Babsan11]

@lllhOoLiGaNlll Naturally I have tried that, thank you.

[wowsa0]

@IoEstasCedonta Russell was a mathematician. Yes you can define natural numbers in terms of sets in a way that makes the statement 1+1=2 obvious, but Russell was going deeper than that and trying to define sets themselves in a logically consistent way. That's what I understand of it anyway. ZFC axioms were the culmination of this, Russell's work was an important forerunner. I think. He certainly wasn't a case of xkcd 675.

[lllhOoLiGaNlll]

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[SpazzyMcGee1337]

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[superkom01]

@SpazzyMcGee1337 Someone who doesn't call themselves Spazzy McGee

[SpazzyMcGee1337]

Halitosis? Who uses that word?

[Babsan11]

@ed6394epp Thank you very much! I will!

[ed6394epp]

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