Monday, January 22, 2007

The amazing order of the universe

No one can deny that the universe has some sort of order in it. But my question is: what does this order mean?
Now let's consider the set of integers, yes you read right, the set ..., {-1, 0, 1, 2, ...}. Quite simple wouldn't you say? The characteristics and relations between those numbers are so amazing (if you don't believe go grab a book on number theory). Where does this order and these relations come from. I would say no where. Mathematics is an abstract science and its truth does not depend on the existence of anything.
If something as simple as the set of numbers, i.e. things we use to count, has such beauty and order, why are we amazed by the beauty and order in the universe!!???

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