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Re: Discussion of math’s place in physics from a thread on cyclic cosmology
What is math? To me it is just a concise representation of ideas that replaces cumbersome language--almost like a computer code.
We observe something in nature, and then we put it in a logically sufficient symbol-form, so that it is universally understood. Then, we define another observation in the same manner. Then, we try to predict what will happen if first obesrvation effects second observation, and math lets us predict that on the paper in a universally understood language.
But, since math is logic, it is susceptible to fallacies.
If I combine supply and demand curve (2 dimensions), with entropy/temperature curve (2 dimensions), with a point position in eucledian space (x,y,z), then I can end up with 7 dimensions. Wonderful. But what does that do? What does mixing apples and oranges do?
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