[dhs12345]

Humans are remarkable. We have the ability to view nature in a way that is very abstract and very often correct.

More than just random chance (IMHO).

[RightWhale]

We have the ability to view nature in a way that is very abstract and very often correct.

If that were so, we wouldn't pay anybody to be a scientist. That we don't see nature very well at all makes scientists valuable.

[AmishDude]

I strongly disagree. Mathematics is a way for us to understand the world around us. Math is how our brain works. Nature doesn't like to behave the way we think.

The places where mathematics are most effective are those situations with the fewest assumptions -- particle physics, for example.

The more complex the system, the more it defies mathematical understanding and the "fuzzier" the subject.

[JCEccles]

Humans are remarkable. We have the ability to view nature in a way that is very abstract and very often correct.

An intuitive speaks.

Be careful. FR is filled to the bursting with know-it-all positivists who will poke you with their pitchforks and burn you with their torches if you don't bow in abject humility before their peculiar icons.