How do we know math isn’t wrong? Like it works but could it only work due to our perception?
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The first thing to understand is that math is not a part of science. Math doesn’t rely on the real world to be right or wrong. It’s right or wrong on its own. Math is right if it is internally consistent, regardless of whether it is useful for something in the real world. What’s neat is that much of math *is* useful in the real world.
Basically, the way math works is you make up a few simple rules. You then take those rules and see where they lead the more you play with them. If you find a set of rules that does interesting things, you’ve found some interesting math. If you find a set of rules that can describe things in the real world, then you’ve also found something that may be useful, besides also being interesting.
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