Do you think math is the language of the universe? Why or why not?

2 + 2 = 5 if you believe Big Brother... LOL

me don`t like math 2+2=6

whisper to me sweet quadratic equations, my love!

We may not like math but its the language of the universe. It all comes down to numbers that explains everything.

The numbers don't lie.

You don't have to speak any language to know 2+2=4

It all comes down to math...

because you can use math even when you talk..

They don't have different signs for numbers and functions...

Math is a tool just like other forms of education. It is essential for everyday use, but, I am of the opinion that it is not the language of the universe.

Then why do people hate it. Very few like it.

human language is used only on earth.

Everything in ALL sciences can be broken down into a mathematical equation.

EVERYTHING :)

If I'm reading the question the way it was intended...

To a certain extent it could be.

It's what we use to describe the world around us in absolute terms. But we're just communicating to ourselves. That another sentient species somewhere in the universe would think in any way similar to us is a big assumption.

I understand that there is some math that "just is." But you have to think a certain way to even get to the point of recognizing that.

We humans have been around for roughly 45-50 thousand years. We didn't discover Pi until about 4000 years ago. So, we were around for 90% or more of our existence before we discovered something that "just is." Fricken, "zero" wasn't even a "real thing" until around 650AD.

So, it's possible, I guess. If we could get the math of one species to map onto the math of another.

The periodic elements are at least tied with math for universal language. At the very least the will probably form the alphabet that alien species use with each other. Assuming they are both close in technological development.

Ultimately, life is a series of binaries. And numbers translate the same via math, no matter what the language.

No matter where you are in the universe, everybody loves Pi! :-P

I think that ultimately, the "language" of the universe is the universe itself. That's tautological, but I'm not confident that our paltry knowledge is adequate to a better answer. Math, like any human construct, is an abstraction tool that we use to model what is really going on, and fundamentally it's an approximation, not the actual truth.

I had Martians help me with my fractions.

Hopefully it's English D:

Until it changes. How many years existed before they found the error in the log log scale?

To a certain extent, because mathematics quantitatively explains the laws of nature so much better than any other tradition language.

It hasn't let us down yet, considering the experts still rely on it.

Everything is math... I know because Numb3rs says so

That's what made me think of this question. I was looking for something to watch on Netflix streaming and decided to rewatch the series since I hadn't seen it for a while. :-)

That show is pretty cool imo. Well played, sir!

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no, because math sucks, therefore I hate it and it doesn't get any good votes from me.

Math is a universal language.

I'll go with what physicists and mathematicians say.

Yeah, it probably is... but I will NEVER speak it !!

This may be radical of me, but I do not care. I believe Math is the language of God(s) which is why I do not follow Abrahamic religions, they base everything off of faith, and not mathematics (which is essentially logic), like Hermeticism, and Neo Platonism

I HATE MATH! I failed my algebra final :/ have to make it up on july 11th

everything is math related in some way

Math is kind of made up by humans, not the entire universe.

Without math there would have never been space exploration and even the basic formulations for how the solar system works.