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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Last week I learned about Benford's Law. I now feel like I am living in a computer simulation.
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S. James Sylvester talks a little bit about how some mathematical properties are peculiar and seem way too convenient. Some people use his philosophical physics as their basis for the simulation theory, but he actually argues against it.
Paraphrasing big time here, but he says that contrary to what some people say, mathematics is not the language of the universe, but rather a language that humans invented to try and communicate with the universe. Essentially, all our observations are biased because by choosing the language, we are limiting the answers to comply with the questions we ask. In short, it is useful but has limitations as things are more complex than our brains can understand. Which makes sense, since one system isn't likely to create systems of complexity higher than itself.