On Dec 28, 11:50*am, Benj wrote:
On Dec 24, 9:31 am, "Painius" wrote:

The Universe is more easily understood using
mathematics. *For example, infinite sets behave
very differently than finite sets. *It helps to have
a solid background in math if one truly wants to
go beyond the many mysterious veils that the
Universe has to offer.

And also provide wondrous opportunities for error and confusion when
reality decides to not follow the man-made math you happen to be
trying to apply to it.

Perfectly good math applied to a false premise can yield such marvels
as endless layering of epicycles, "eleven dimensions" (or whatever
number is currently in vogue), "ever-accelerating expansion" of the
universe, ad nauseum. oc