Bartosz MilewskiWho came up with this crazy idea that reality could be modeled using mathematics? Seriously!
p4nc4k3@BartoszMilewski That is a good question. There is this famous quote by Galilei that "the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics," but it is likely that he only voiced a sentiment that was felt by many others of his time. It has undoubtedly worked very well as a heuristic, but the problem starts when the unthinking, science-worshipping masses start to treat it as dogma.
@p4nc4k3
Galileo was most likely a religious person, so this is not surprising. God would have created the Universe compatible with the human abilities to explore it--mathematics being the blueprint for it. Even though Galileo believed that the Earth was not the center of the Solar System, he probably still believed that the Universe revolved around humans.
Galileo was most likely a religious person, so this is not surprising. God would have created the Universe compatible with the human abilities to explore it--mathematics being the blueprint for it. Even though Galileo believed that the Earth was not the center of the Solar System, he probably still believed that the Universe revolved around humans.