Who can count the dust of Jacob.... Numbers 23:10
"It’s very hard to imagine a self-consistent world without basic
mathematics applying (e.g. 2+3=5). But it’s not basic math that make the
link between math and science look like a coincidence. Rather, it’s
complex mathematical ideas like imaginary numbers, tensor calculus, and
Hilbert space. Many of these ideas have no physical existence (such as
Hilbert space). But they are vital for describing how nature works.
Could mathematical structures cause the physical world? Only if they could cause things to be. But does e.g. the object ‘5’ cause it to be true that my hand has 5 digits?
The number ‘5’ describes how many digits are on my left hand; it doesn’t cause that fact to be true.
A: Apart from God, the
problem is even worse. The usefulness of math in science is something we
discovered. We didn’t invent it! Nature really is written in
the language of math regardless of us.
Q: But if mathematical objects can’t
explain it, and we can’t explain it, and it’s not a coincidence, then
why is nature written in the language of math?
A: A transcendent mind. In
other words, God." CMI
