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Re:Natural Magick (1584) by dr_dshiv on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @05:55PM (#21197711)
The Pythagoreans believed the underlying substance of the universe was not water, air or fire but math. It is, I'd argue, the modern world view.

The key difference between hydrogen and helium, for instance, seems to be a matter of number.

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Re:Natural Magick (1584) by Zanni on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @12:52AM (#21200138)
So does Max Tegmark [0], who believes the multi-verse is literally made of math, but I wouldn't say that's the modern world view. Most believe that math is our best tool for understanding reality, but that reality maintains an independent existence.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Mathematical_Universe

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