The Einstein black hole equation got me thinking. In a universe where so many things seem random, unexplained, and misunderstood, how can numbers on a paper explain and predict how the universe works?
It blows my mind that this concept (math) is so young relative to the universe and can be used to explain how and why things happen. Where’s the connection?
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At it’s root, mathematics is a language we use to describe the physical world. The equations and algorithms derived therefrom are only “true” insofar as they are able to accurately describe, and predict, the behavior of the physical world. The accuracy of these may be further described in terms of probability; the underlying assumption of a “law of nature” is that its accuracy (probability of matching reality) based upon the math is assumed to be 100%
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