i think math is the language that this universe is written in
Math: Human concept, or fundamental truth to the universe?
"Unlike all the other sciences, math lacks an empirical component. You can't (trust me on this one) see. Math. Happening."
Empirical: based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
Randomly saw this as one of a top 10s list on unanswered science questions.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting that video!!! It clarified a lot of doubts that I had on the subject...
I think they exist outside our minds. We've discovered them and put them in a language that we can actually understand. They're present in every aspect of reality.
I really liked the last 4 minutes. I'm going to watch this again.
Kurt Gödel's mathematical work (much to his frustration) destroyed the "pure connection" between mathematics and reality. He actually used math to show that math could not possibly be the underlying structure of reality. Math, when examined to its logical extremes, produces paradoxes.