Re:Where is π today? The nature of the mathematical universe
by elvecinodeabajo on Friday May 03, 2019 @05:33AM
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The pupil in the eye. The sun through the clouds. The craters after an impact. The waves when you drop a rock in water. The section of a bamboo stick... And it gets more evident when you go to microscopic world. Some eggs are perfect spheres, as small bubbles in water.
I think circles are a real natural shape. Not an invention.
Nature brings us all kind of shapes, some of them are discovered studying living creatures, like the scutoid.
You're right, it feels like quite a loose analogy, and only holds when discussing a "canonical" fictional universe. Still, I'm sympathetic to the idea that when we're talking about a circle we're talking about a shared abstract understanding rather than something which objectively exists.