It seems strange and unlikely that human beings should have access to an abstract language that “nature speaks”, as Dyson puts it. “Here you are, a speck of th

It seems strange and unlikely that human beings should have access to an abstract language that “nature speaks”, as Dyson puts it. “Here you are, a speck of thinking matter. Oh and by the way you just so happen to have a special capacity for mathematics, the secret language of the universe.” Convenient, isn’t it?