The spooky thing is that the physicist that "finds things that correspond nicely to the mathematician's list" is so freaking good at predicting nature and yield

The spooky thing is that the physicist that "finds things that correspond nicely to the mathematician's list" is so freaking good at predicting nature and yielding it to his will. People always looked at nature through the lens of their minds and came up with creative explanations for reality (like the gods/4 elements/mysticism etc) the difference is that they were much worse at any actual real-world predictions/control compared to modern day physicists. So we much be on to something here.