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The whole "math is a universal" language is particularly laughable to me considering it is a formal system and the universe is observably irregular. As I am wo

• zeroonetwothree 1y ago
  Many mathematical structures are 'irregular'. That's not a very strong argument against math as a universal descriptor.
  • adamzwasserman 1y ago
    see reply above
• andoando 1y ago
  Think about what math is trying to formalize
  • adamzwasserman 1y ago
    Math formalizes regularities by abstracting away irregularities - that's precisely my point. Any formal system achieves its regularity by limiting its scope. Math can describe aspects of reality with precision, but it cannot capture reality's full complexity. A 'universal language' that can only express what fits into formal systems isn't universal at all: it's a specialized tool that works within constrained domains.