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Originally Posted by Halx
I think the discovery of that tribe that has no concept of math proves that it is NOT a universal truth to us. Oh well, if you guys wanna make that horrible misstep of logic, by all means, go right ahead.
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It's not universal knowledge. Just because a group doesn't know about something doesn't mean it's an invention rather than a preexisting thing that was discovered.
People didn't know about Pluto for most of human history, but that doesn't mean that it's "discoverer" actually invented it.
No one invented gravity - it's a law of nature that is expressed with language.
By the same token, no one invented mathematics - it's a bunch of laws of nature expressed with numbers.