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Everything in the Universe Is Made of Math
- dgreensp 13y agoThere's nothing particularly novel or unique about holding the belief that a mathematical model of reality is the same thing as reality. Discussions on HN reveal that many commenters hold this belief, arguing, for example, that a "virtual" universe simulated on a supercomputer would be indistinguishable from a real (or the real) universe.
- nkvl 13y agoMax Tegmark is largely responsible for popularising the idea.
- ivan_ah 13y agoI'm always rooting for the anti-establishment math/phys researchers, but this article fails to impress. Yes, math is everywhere, but Plato said this a long time ago already: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Forms#Perfection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Forms#Perfection Can anyone explain the new idea here?