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Nature has no language. Language is a human tool to imperfectly describe nature. Putting language before nature is magical thinking (also known as Platonism).
by weregiraffe 2mo ago
Nature has no language. Language is a human tool to imperfectly describe nature. Putting language before nature is magical thinking (also known as Platonism).
- MinimalAction 2mo agoYes, of course mathematics is a tool to model nature as accurately as we could. That still doesn't mean mathematics is as trivial or frivolous as manipulating symbols.
- weregiraffe 2mo agoBut what else is there to it? Mathematics has no experiments where you find new knowledge in nature. There are just symbols.