a superintelligent alien may not understand what we call mathematics. the mathematical tools we use may be built-in to their brains/bodies so they don't need to externalize ideas like prime numbers

@2ck Can you give any example in humans where we instinctively understand a concept but not consciously so?

@freemo Infant swimming.
@2ck I don't understand why an alien wouldn't understand our math if they had some intuitive understanding of higher concepts like primes. I'd think that would make our math even easier to understand.
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swimming is a physical exercise though, not a mental one. Seems a very different beast.

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