What Sara Walker thinks about mathematics

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Astrobiologist and theoretical physicist at Arizona State University, working on assembly theory and the physics of life.

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1. 13 Jun 2024

   Our readingMathematics has no Platonic existence outside the universe: it is a feature of this biosphere and tells us about our own structure.

   Their wordsBut mathematics too, and it’s interesting because people think that math has this Platonic reality that exists outside of our universe, and I think it’s a feature of our biosphere and it’s telling us something about the structure of ourselves.

   ↗Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #433youtube.com 5th of 22 in this recording