> If mathematics is just something we dream up from within our own heads, why should it “fit” so well with what we observe in nature?
I like to think of mathematics as the formalization of human intuition. Insofar as that intuition has been shaped by our observations of the physical world, we should not be surprised that many of our mathematical models seem to describe aspects of natural phenomena.
I like to think of mathematics as the formalization of human intuition. Insofar as that intuition has been shaped by our observations of the physical world, we should not be surprised that many of our mathematical models seem to describe aspects of natural phenomena.