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You have to prove that math actually maps to reality. I don't think you can do that. With the possibility that it's all a simulation, our universe doesn't even
by davrosthedalek 9y ago
You have to prove that math actually maps to reality. I don't think you can do that. With the possibility that it's all a simulation, our universe doesn't even have to be consistent.
- akvadrako 9y agoWhy not just simplify your whole position to "you can never prove anything"?
- davrosthedalek 9y agoIn Physics, this might be true, at least for generalizations (I can prove to myself that I currently write this text, for suitable definitions of "I, write, text". I might not be able to prove it to you.). In Math, it's not.
- TheOtherHobbes 9y agoIn physics it's absolutely true. You can only disprove theories. You can never prove them. In math it's relatively true, because you can only prove theorems given a set of axioms and other assumptions you take as true.
- davrosthedalek 9y agoIn math, this is fine, as long as you can show that your assumptions are consistent. If you disprove something in physics, you at the same time prove the negative of the something. Of course the negative of a theory is not really a theory by itself.