It’s important to note that no model using math has accurately represented nature. Just because simple approximations line up in a beautiful way is not reason to think they are 1:1 the same. Math is not sacred or divine. It’s a tool. Like all tools: its shape matters.
Math, as we know it, is invented. It is one set of rules that we like to use to describe things. It is not the only way. I can imagine an intelligent species that has a structured set of logical rules that looks very different from our math but still be able to make useful models.
Math, as we know it, is invented. It is one set of rules that we like to use to describe things. It is not the only way. I can imagine an intelligent species that has a structured set of logical rules that looks very different from our math but still be able to make useful models.