What is the proper relationship to knowledge cannot validate?

School, College and Child development
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Hi 

I am student at a High School in Norway. One of my favorite subjects is math, and I have been able to skip one year due to very good results. Unfortunately, I have realized that most of what we learn is math whiteout any proper validation: A simple example is that we learnt the ABC formula and how to use it without any explanation of why it actually work. I can, of course, see that the formula work, but not understand why it do so. 

My question is, therefore: What is the proper relationship to knowledge (for example math) you cannot validate? 

Kristen
 

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Hi Kristen,

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

After looking up the ABC conjecture. I first have to note it has not been proven..In math, the proof is the validation.

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The ABC conjecture was probably a bad example, then, but the question is still relevant. What is the proper relationship to math you cannot prove, but “only works”?

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Use it cautiously, until you can validate it for yourself.

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