Why can mathematics and physics simulate natural phenomena so closely in thought experiments, calculations and computer programs?
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Because science is used to explain what we see. If someone comes up with a mathematical formula to explain something, but the math doesn’t actually work out, then we…don’t use it, because it was wrong.
The math that we use to model natural phenomena is used *because* it works out correctly. If someone in the future discovers a problem with our current formulae and fixes it, then we’d start using their corrected formulae instead.
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