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1. Is math independent of human influence? Why or why not?

2. Why is it important for math to have its own language? What other disciplines have their own language?

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1. No discipline is completely independent of human influence, since every discipline is created, studied and practiced by humans. However, mathematics is probably the discipline most independent of human influence because it deals with highly abstract concepts, which are by and large ...

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