Why does the universe obey math equations? why doesn't the universe just do whatever it wants?

>>15409785 (OP)

Quantum mechanics is the universe doing stuff randomly

The universe does whatever it wants and equations are an approximation of what it does

>>15409785 (OP)

>Why does the universe obey math equations?

It doesn't. We've made plenty of wrong math equations.

>why doesn't the universe just do whatever it wants?

It does. That's why it has taken mankind so long to make progressively better math equations to describe it. Because it doesn't give a shit what we think.



What you really meant to ask is "why is the universe coherent instead of incoherent?" to which the answer is "your question is answered by the fact an incoherent universe could not have produced anything capable of ascertaining whether or not it was incoherent".

The "weak" anthropic principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle

Which is really just another way of saying questions like these sneak in assumptions that create paradoxes caused by assumptions circular reasoning.



All questions of the lazy form "Why isn't it otherwise?" because they necessarily assume something like "a reason" beyond mere emergence. As that question could be equally asked in all possible worlds, including all worlds where there could be a reason beyond emergence, the assumption is a self-refuting idea.

>All questions of the lazy form "Why isn't it otherwise?" because they necessarily assume

Accidentally the sentence. The undeleted portion was,

>All questions of the lazy form "Why isn't it otherwise?" [can be dismissed] because they necessarily assume [...]

>>15409785 (OP)

fact: it doesn't obey them

it has it's own logic and the assumptions used in the logic that serve as the foundation of maths are designed to follow the universe's logic, though there is no proof that they do, and there are multiple different axiomatic frameworks that can be used at the moment to act as the foundation.

though of course there is only 1 correct one, yet there are no current ways to know which way is correct

>>15409785 (OP)

Because there's no other way for the universe to act.

The Anthropic principle is retarded schizo larp that scientists use to avoid delving into any philosophy of science. I don't really blame them for that, but that doesn't change the fact it is a retarded argument that discredits an infinite set of values for objectively no reason. Either say "I don't care" or actually debate it. It is effectively "God made it that way", without the icky theism.

>>15409785 (OP)

i keep it in line

I don't know about that seems like a practical way to deal with stupid questions.

>tfw your teacher lied to you about there being no stupid questions

>The Anthropic principle is retarded schizo larp that scientists use to

pretend that humans can have an ''objective'' (independent, detached, non-human, outsiders') view.

>>15409785 (OP)

you have everything together all at once, but how would it be possible if you don't exist at least once in that mix?

>>15409785 (OP)

It does whatever it wants. But observation shows certain regularities, and these have inspired substantial parts of the math we invented. Now we model these regularities with that math, and wonder if it means anything.

>>15409785 (OP)

Mathematics were created to describe the universe. There's an endless number of alternate mathematics that dont describe anything interesting that you've never heard of. We only care about the mathematics that happen to describe the universe. Survivorship bias.
