Mathematics was the cornerstone of the Industrial Revolution. A new paradigm of measurement and calculation, more than scientific discovery, built industry, modernity, and the world we inhabit today.
  • sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net
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    7 months ago

    It’s incredibly lucky that mathematics can describe things we find in nature. Imagine if we couldn’t use an abstract tool like that to predict things ahead of time? Everything would have to be done by feel, and we’d still be stuck in antiquity.