Language, Mathematics, and Reductionism (Humans)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 11:47 (4848 days ago) @ David Turell


> > My take is that math is language only. And we use it to describe nature. Personally I think that a God would be more likely if we couldn't describe our world with it.
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> Why can't God have language of any sort. He gave us the ability to invent math and to learn language quickly.-Language's purpose is purely for communication. What need would a supreme being have for communication as crude as math, instead of communicating by direct experience?

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