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Is mathematics the empress of science? A physicist weighs in (bigthink.com)
4 points by Brajeshwar 4 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



> A good example is Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity

This is a good example, but he didn't go where I expected him to go. A lot of people think the mathematical model of curved spacetime is reality and not our model of reality. As a result, they believe gravity is a pseudoforce, which is an idea for which Einstein took great umbrage.

My point is there's a tendency to take our models as reality rather than representations of reality - and that can lead you to ignoring other possibilities for modeling.




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