On 12 September 2014 14:19, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:

>
> One counter argument is to note that math has been "unreasonably
> effective" in Ptolemaic astronomy, Newtonian physics, fluid dynamics,
> non-relativistic quantum mechanics, and other theories which we now think
> were mere approximations.  This seems much more consistent with mathematics
> being descriptive rather than prescriptive.
>

Or equally consistent, at least. Assuming that maths is broader than what
is required to describe (or generate) our universe, this is equally
consistent with the MUH.

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