"...why is mathematics so effective in describing nature and is mathematics an invention of the human mind or part of the fabric of physical reality?"
i have often wondered that myself. why IS mathematics so good at describing the world? who is to say that two trees ARE two trees and not three. who's to say three isn't fifteen? consistent labeling has allowed humanity to leave our planet. it has allowed us to drive steam engines across continents (while [in]humanly enslaving others physically, emotionally, and culturally). patterns and the identification of such made for incredibly ancient calendars. so what if it's all wrong? there are things we cannot describe with contemporary mathematics. we, well scientists, are simultaneously looking at the most infinite expanses in the universe and the most infinitesimally small particles that KIND of exist. they are beyond conventional and even theoretical physics. what does that say for our "math?" it has brought civilization this far. god, i mean the church certainly didn't do it (sorry jesus, your pops ain't gettin' no props). good ol fashion human ingenuity. yeppers. that's the shit right there. but now it could kill us all in a single blast (thank you manhattan project). will this imaginary mathematics ever save us? lead us into understanding? it's about time humans evolved again. where you at third limb??
oh, heey there!
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in a lot of ways, I feel like religion and mathematics are convergent, in that both of them are ways to approach the language of the universe. there are already intersections-- you know how I feel about that, I think-- and I expect that, ultimately, we will discover that the wonders of spiritual and of mathematical infinities are the same.
p.s. I like this meta-technological dialogue
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