I can’t seem to wrap my head around the fact that math is invented? Maybe he came up with the symbols of integration and derivation, but these are phenomena, no? We’re just representing it in a “language” that makes sense. I’ve also heard people say that we may need “new math” to discover/explain new phenomena. What does that mean?
Edit: Thank you for all the responses. Making so much more sense now!
In: Mathematics
math is totally made up and has no intrinsic corporeal truth. it’s a fuzzy abstract way for us to model things using syntax and semantics, it’s bounded by the limitations and architecture of our brains just like everything else we’ve defined
Latest Answers