After reading through the posts, I think that the general consensus is that mathematics is a tool, and not something to be expressed and taken blindly as truth. On the ATM bit, I agree that equations should be shown where they can, and used in argument against.
I didn't in my ATM post because I was more concerned with the idea of the thing (sort of philosophizing) rather than the mathematical model of it, which kind of lead onto this thread.
One thing I couldn't visualize though was a world without mathematics. I gave it some thought and got us back somewhere around the Stone Age - then thought Flintstones (haha) - but even they must use mathematics.
O yes, it's a sorry state of affairs when you're considering the plausability of a cartoon!
But, seriously, the mere fact of counting would be considered a mathematical advancement, so perhaps pre-Stone Age would be more appropriate.

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