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> Math absolutely makes testable explanations and predictions about a universe. more like math attempts to make a verbal map of how our brains understands the
by buboard 7y ago
> Math absolutely makes testable explanations and predictions about a universe.
more like math attempts to make a verbal map of how our brains understands the external stimuli. It is usually physics that makes predictions about the external world, math doesn't need to do that.
- Ygg2 7y agoI do not think it is necessarily external stimuli. Math can make various spaces that are nigh impossible for humans to comprehend, and can even require computers to understand. E.g. basically math solves a problem for N-dimensional spaces. I have problems thinking in 3D, not to mention 256-dimensional.
- buboard 7y ago> that are nigh impossible for humans to comprehend, ha. even though the mechanisms may be intractable for humans eventually the inputs and the outputs of math transformations must be dumbed down to be understood by human brains or else they are useless (to humans). neural nets come to mind