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It's actually super easy to form a "brand new branch of mathematics". Just start with some definitions and run with them. Although you'll almost certainly end up with something inconsistent. And if you don't, it'll almost certainly be not useful. And if it is useful, it'll almost certainly turn out to be the exact same math just wearing a costume.

There are no problems with the square root of two.

show me any physical system where an action times an action does not equal a reaction.

Show me any gazzbok where a thrushbloom minus a grimblegork does not equal a fistelblush. Haha, you can't do it, can you!? I WIN!

That is to say: you're using silly made up definitions of "action" and "times" here.

That is to say: you're using silly made up definitions of "action" and "times" here.

I believe they’re quoting Howard’s Rogan interview, fwiw

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