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Is Math the Language of the Universe?

Provide
pieces of evidence.

To start with, Mathematics does not have a clearly defined, universally


accepted definition. However it is safe to say that anything that studies the
interaction between quantities, variables, structure, and change, is
mathematics. Mathematics is not a tangible thing, but actually an abstract
concept. There are a great many ways of expressing mathematics; the one
you are probably most familiar with is the base ten Arabic format that
permeates science right now. The base, the symbols, the structure, and the
methods used to express mathematics can all be radically different and yet, it
is still mathematics. Other civilizations have made other ways of expressing
mathematics, and if we ever run into alien intelligence, it is likely that they will
use a different system than we do. But the system is not the thing. This is
because mathematics is the expression and quantification of basic logical
concepts, and then it builds on those logical concepts to form increasingly
complex concepts. It is, however, entirely a logical progression.
The funny thing about logic is that the advanced stuff is complicated, the
intermediate stuff is simple, and the elementary stuff is vastly more
complicated than the advanced stuff. This is one reason why describing
mathematics is difficult. ‘Mathematical Logic’ and ‘Set Theory’ are both
important parts of the philosophy that forms the foundation of mathematics,
but both of those are considered part of mathematics and therefore are
logically invalid justifications for mathematics. However, this is a problem
shared by every single idea any human has ever had.

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