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See also perhaps the 1960 article/essay "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences": * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreasonab

• guyomes 1y ago
  See also the Wikipedia page on the unreasonable ineffectiveness of mathematics, notably in biology and economics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreasonable_ineffectiveness_of_mathematics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreasonable_ineffectiveness_o...
  • gsf_emergency_2 1y ago
    More recent commentary by a math & bio prof: https://liorpachter.wordpress.com/2014/12/30/the-two-cultures-of-mathematics-and-biology/ https://liorpachter.wordpress.com/2014/12/30/the-two-culture... HN discussion (69 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8819811 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8819811