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To put it simply, we first explain what we are talking about, and then explain why what we are saying is true (pace Bertrand Russell).
A good proof is one that makes us wiser.
What binds us to space-time is our rest mass, which prevents us from flying at the speed of light, when time stops and space loses meaning. In a world of light there are neither points nor moments of time; beings woven from light would live "nowhere" and "nowhen"; only poetry and mathematics are capable of speaking meaningfully about such things.
A proof becomes a proof after the social act of accepting it as a proof. This is true of mathematics as it is of physics, linguistics, and biology.
A proof only becomes a proof after the social act of "accepting it as a proof".
