Archives for the month of: February, 2014

the laws of thermodynamics can be described in abstract language invented by humans, but the natural laws they represent are not human inventions

the laws of numerical relationships are described in abstract language invented by humans, but the natural laws they represent are not human inventions

(the following is a little wordy, but hopefully sets out why numbers might be human inventions, but the physical constants of quantity they describe and the numerical relationships between quantities are *not* human inventions… they are human *descriptions*.)

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a single object of a class of objects… this is the quantity we describe with the number 1

but the quantity described by the number 1 is not a human invention

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a single object, with another single object of the same class, together form a quantity we describe with the number 2

but the quantity described with the number 2 is not a human invention

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the quantity described by the number 2, is composed of a quantity described by the number 1 and another quantity described by the number 1

but the numerical relationship between the quantity described by the number 1 and the quantity described by the number 2, is not a human invention

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1+1=2 is simply a description of what is a natural law of the numerical relationship between the quantity described by the number 1 and the quantity described by the number 2

there is a growing body of evidence that number theory and physics are connected

a playfully serious theory of everything offers an explanation for how and why these connections exist, and predicts (confidently) that many more connections will be discovered in the coming years

the equation 1a+1a=2a is a numerical representation of the law of conservation of energy – that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only changed from one form to another

the two are different representations of the same principle – one numerical and the other physical, both natural and absolute

numbers represent fundamental physical constants numerical relationships describe natural laws

quantities, magnitudes, spacial geometries – these are natural properties of physical phenomena

quantities, magnitudes, spacial geometries are governed by natural laws of proportions and ratios

the natural laws of proportions and ratios which govern quantities, magnitudes and spacial geometries are inherently – and absolutely – numerical

the numerical relationships of quantities, magnitudes and spacial geometries are natural laws

the universe was governed by these natural laws before humans evolved to comprehend them

human concepts of number and maths are derived from our observations of these natural laws

numerical relationships represented by human systems of number and mathematics are natural, fundamental, physical laws