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Re:Muon G-2 Experiment at Fermilab Finds Hint of New Particles by whimsicalism on Thursday April 08, 2021 @12:41PM (#26740915)
It doesn't seem obvious that the fundamental models of reality would just happen to match up with the mathematical constructs that we humans have come up with.
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Re:Muon G-2 Experiment at Fermilab Finds Hint of New Particles by idolaspecus on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:36PM (#26741568)
On the flip side, it wouldn't be entirely surprising if mathematical constructs that we have thought of are in fact very good models of fundamental reality. We should remember that, after all, nothing exists outside of fundamental reality, and if certain basic patterns can be encoded such that the encoding is both high-fidelity and simple, that won't be shocking. It might be awe-inspiring, but not really surprising.
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Re:Muon G-2 Experiment at Fermilab Finds Hint of New Particles by pochamago on Friday April 09, 2021 @01:53PM (#26753713)
>nothing exists outside of fundamental reality

A bold assertion.

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Re:Muon G-2 Experiment at Fermilab Finds Hint of New Particles by CarelessExpert on Thursday April 08, 2021 @04:32PM (#26743410)
This is a deep philosophical debate: Is mathematics invented or discovered?

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/great-math-mystery/

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Re:Muon G-2 Experiment at Fermilab Finds Hint of New Particles by whimsicalism on Thursday April 08, 2021 @04:37PM (#26743465)
I think it's a bit less deep than that. It's more, "is the language we use to describe mathematics invented or discovered", which I would put myself (and most people) firmly in the invented camp.
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