How do we know math isn’t wrong? Like it works but could it only work due to our perception?
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You can think of math as a language and we use it to describe things in the physical world or to describe financial transactions or whatever. Over time many people agree on the basic definitions and properties of that language [ 2^4 = 16 and Sin(45) = 0.707]. So the “language” is correct if we all understand it and use it in a consistent way. How do you know that the meaning of a specific word isn’t wrong? Because most everyone who uses that language agrees on it meaning and the way the word should be used. Then when you get to the question of… does this equation correctly describe this physical phenomenon, you are in the realm of physics and we’ve all agreed on the language we are using to solve that problem in physics.
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