I'm probably not doing the justice of describing the book particularly since I am especially weak at writing.
Before I go on and waste everyones time with me falsely explaining things I recommend you just read up on the book (ie just read some summaries).
What I mean by "inherently mathematical" is that everything is based on math. That all thing in the universe are mathematical and everything can be represented with formulas and constants. That math makes the universe work and not the other way around.
It may seem obvious to some that of course the universe is mathematical but many believe that it is a human's way of modeling patterns that just so happen to happen in our universe.
Like I said I sort of want to avoid prolong discussion of this topic as it could be its own HN thread and I also know I'm doing a great injustice to the book and people actually working in this area of attempting to try to explain it.
Here is SA article on the subject (SA is hardly academic but it might be better than my explanation):
I'll take a look at both! I did not expect a definitive answer to a hard question (I myself wish I had a good one). The "unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" is a really interesting topic.
A spider may wonder if the universe is inherently spiderthought-like. Spiderwebs work great, after all.
Before I go on and waste everyones time with me falsely explaining things I recommend you just read up on the book (ie just read some summaries).
What I mean by "inherently mathematical" is that everything is based on math. That all thing in the universe are mathematical and everything can be represented with formulas and constants. That math makes the universe work and not the other way around.
It may seem obvious to some that of course the universe is mathematical but many believe that it is a human's way of modeling patterns that just so happen to happen in our universe.
Like I said I sort of want to avoid prolong discussion of this topic as it could be its own HN thread and I also know I'm doing a great injustice to the book and people actually working in this area of attempting to try to explain it.
Here is SA article on the subject (SA is hardly academic but it might be better than my explanation):
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-the-universe-ma...