> there’s the possibility that our mathematics and overall perception of reality is shaped by our biology in far deeper ways than we imagine and currently under

> there’s the possibility that our mathematics and overall perception of reality is shaped by our biology in far deeper ways than we imagine and currently understand. Almost certainly true. We as evolved creatures do not perceive objective reality, but only enough reality as to enable our ancestors to survive our very niche environment (niche relative to the entirety of the universe). Our science and mathematics model only our perceptions of reality, and not reality itself. It is folly to assume that an alien, evolved along an entirely different set of initial conditions, would share our perceptions of reality. Our mathematics, modeling as it does our perceptions, serves human needs and perceptions only.