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Agree. Our math is convenient for us humans living in our universe.

But how much of our math is just a poor approximation of our universe? Like Newton's gravity was.

If our math only _approximates_ the world, if we discovered something that explains things better, it would all be irrelevant.

There are a lot of hints that something big is missing in our maths as a means of explanation. Like the mathematical constants Pi and Euler repeating infinitely, quantum randomness...



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