Dan Piponi on Nostr: Mathematicians also add axioms as needed. ZFC didn't appear by magic ex nihilo. It's ...

Mathematicians also add axioms as needed. ZFC didn't appear by magic ex nihilo. It's the result of a centuries long process of trying out different approaches until something was good enough to do most of what was needed - and the thing that was needed was very often motivated by physics even though mathematicians sometimes deny it.