If nothing rational designed the universe, and math is the invention of men, why does physical space behave like a mathematical space?

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[–]BISH 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Why does physical space conform to geometric axioms?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom

An axiom, postulate, or assumption is a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a premise or starting point for further reasoning and arguments.

An infinite number of axioms exist that are meaningless, and have no basis in reality.

The scientific method is designed to tease out the axioms that work the best; given the measurable circumstances, and political atmosphere.

Scientific evidence that isn't politically supported is generally ignored, or ridiculed; if it's significant and may lead to a paradigm shift in understanding.

Politics and financial control of the of academic institutions is the obstacle to actual advancement.

Why does trigonometry predict what would really happen instead of the universe behaving in unpredictable ways?

Geometry Trigonometry is a method of dimensionality mapping out physical features.

It's only accurate as a predictive tool to the extent that the assumptions and variables selected match physical reality. Garbage in; garbage out.

We benefit from centuries of scientific guess and test improvements. Most of which failed.

Geometric characteristics that match the behavior of the physical world have been cherry picked from the garbage, and that's what it's taught in schools. Mostly.

There's still plenty of garbage, not so much in geometry.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Why does some Ancient Greek mathematics apply to find true phenomenon today, even before the Novus Organum? They were not empiricists, testing their ideas against the real world.

[–]BISH 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They had empirical knowledge accumulated in the library of Alexandria.

This knowledge was preserved from before the cataclysm, which ended the antediluvian iceage era civilization. This civilization also built the pyramids and the sphinx (which could not have been built by dynastic Egyptians, who had bronze tools, and fought wars on chariots with wooden wheels.

Plato studied at the library, and refers to the cataclysm flood event, which occurred +9000 years before his time. Plato also refers to more advanced civilizations like Atlantis, etc.