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Numbers are not physical things, they are symbols that are part of a system that has changed significantly over years. We can make a metaphorical link between a
by protonfish 10y ago
Numbers are not physical things, they are symbols that are part of a system that has changed significantly over years. We can make a metaphorical link between a number and a measurement of our universe, but that does not mean that numbers are part of the physical world.
- cgh 10y agoThey may not be part of our physical world but that does not mean they don't exist independently: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/platonism-mathematics/#ExiMatPla https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/platonism-mathematics/#Ex...