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What is something you encounter everyday that is completely divorced from reality? (lemmy.world)

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[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Reality itself: “Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.” —Niels Bohr

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 10 points 1 month ago

And then ultimately math, which is somehow both the ultimate unreality, yet simultaneously the only thing that is real.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Math is just a language that can be used to model reality.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online -1 points 1 month ago

1+1=2... but one WHAT!?

Except then you get quantum mechanics, and math either no longer models reality, or reality itself doesn't follow math, except conversely math is the only thing that it does follow (sometimes). 😜

this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2024

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