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Why does mathematics describe natural systems so well?

>> No.6556711

What system wouldn't be describable by mathematics

>> No.6556717

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/MathDrama/reading/Wigner.html

>> No.6556729

Because we invented it to be that way.

>> No.6556735

>>6556708
Can you describe the deliciousness of a taco with math?

>> No.6556739

>>6556708
Because we contrived it that way. Just like words describe things so well.

Its mostly made up

>> No.6556745

>>6556711

Political, ethical, art, psychological, most biology, etc

>> No.6556751

>>6556735
I can give it a rating from 1 to 10.

>> No.6556752

>>6556735
You probably frequent a few websites that claim they can.

>> No.6556759

>>6556735
Is it a trick question? Tacos are not delicious. Fast food is fucking disgusting.

>> No.6556760

>>6556735
Yes.

>> No.6556783

>>6556708
>Why does mathematics describe natural systems so well?
Because mathematics is logic. And the natural universe is logical and consistent (or at least, it appears to be at the energy and length scales at which we've observed it).

>> No.6556787

>>6556729
I think the same

>> No.6556804

>>6556759
taco != fast food
git gud

>> No.6556810

>>6556783
Logic is only a subset of math. Gödel proved that not all math can be done logically.

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>>6556711
No known relationship in da pic

>> No.6556833

>>6556708
Why are beds comfortable to sleep in?

Why do houses stop us from getting wet in the rain?

Why do cars traverse the land at greater speed than feet?

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6556835

>>6556735
Average amount of dopamine produced from its consumption.

>> No.6556869

>>6556835
so a heroin laced taco would be the most delicious taco despite tasting like shit?

>> No.6556874

>>6556745
All of those most definitely could be described by mathematical systems. Its just that the systems are way, WAY WAY more complex than just handwavy talking. So we stick with handwavy talking because it has always worked for what we needed so far.

>> No.6556918

>>6556783
More like "our brains use logic, therefore we perceive the universe as behaving in that way". To claim the universe is "logical" is map-territory confusion.

>>6556810
Not this shit again.

>> No.6556930

>>6556810
Dude, don't quote him if you don't know what he proofed. He proofed, that no matter what (computable) set of axioms and rules of derivation you take, there is always a proposition wich is true and can't be proofed. You could still proof it with another set, it's just that there would be yet another such unproofable proposition.

>> No.6556944

>>6556810
Gödel never proved this and Lambek's theorem proves that your misinterpretation of Gödel is bullshit.