How math brings incredible meaning to everything in our universe | Talithia Williams

[@ronkirk5099]

While I was getting a mechanical engineering degree, I was amazed by the power of math and how it can be used to describe everything in the natural world. Math didn't come easy for me and I really had to work at it, but the effort was worth it.

[@blackmud]

I also have Meng. Maths is a line diagram; nature is an oil painting.

[@shivamkumarshrivastava5182]

Particularly calculus, right?

[@dipeshsamrawat7957]

Math is a language of nature❤

[@HacknMate]

This is the PERFECT example of saying a lot of things without saying anything at all. She sounds like a student BSing his way out of an essay.

[@BoomRoomFive]

Math is a tool used to describe phenomena. It is a language with strict structure. Am I special because math?

[@encounteringjack5699]

No. There are doppelgängers in this world. You’re special because you are an individual with their own life that is being lived.

[@jasonvoorhees68]

wow your stupid.

[@Arahat..]

Mathematics is symbols a language a tool that enables us to understand grasp digest the reality around us and all its connection, it serves to paint the best picture of it in our head. If we are smart enough and lucky this picture will be similar, close to the reality itsef and the representation will be in harmony with the matrix which govern the reality.

[@BH-BH]

Being isn’t complex, Being isn’t mathematical, our models are created to allow us to see things the way we want to see them. Being is Unbegotten!

[@i-am-a-pseudo-intellectual]

According to Gemini, the definition of a mathematician is: A mathematician is someone who specializes in the study and application of mathematics. They explore abstract concepts, solve complex problems, and develop new mathematical theories. My personal view is that God is the creator of mathematics, not a mathematician. The Logos. The Logos has several meanings depending on the context: * In ancient Greek philosophy: It's a principle of divine reason and order in the universe. * In Christian theology: It's the Word of God, often associated with Jesus Christ. * In general: It can refer to reason, logic, or the power of words and language.

[@KaiseruSoze]

Totally backwards. Math is derived through observing what the universe is and does. When we get the tiniest piece right we have a big party then find out.... ooopps and then it's back to the drawing board. (And getting over the Newtonian hang over.) I.e., math does not determine the behavior of the universe, math gets it behavior from what the universe is and does.

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark if there would be no universe .....what simply math will do in nothingness

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark No knowledge was existant before universe...math was necessary for us humans to comprehend complicated physical phenomenons....these phenomenons are byproduct of universal existence...so math is not a knowlegde in vaccum .....it is structural representation of simple yet most complex physical phenomenons

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark we know 1 or 2 or apple or any thing because of universe & its inhabitants

[@KaiseruSoze]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark "Math would exist without a universe." Do you have a proof? (Math)

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark Logic , reasoning theories phenomenons all these are tools for humans to comprehend physical realty..for which we all arwe a part of this universe but for consciousness soul spirit& truth...there must be other tools needed to comprehend .....these tools are intuition based......the numbers & equations are also tool for physical reality to comprehend .

[@yogeshkumar3199]

Maths can describe something and careful reiteration of mathematical models (based on observations) can predict something … doesn’t mean maths dictates it.. are we even sure if maths is a discovery or invention?

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@yogeshkumar3199 its a pure discovery......how can a human invent a language in which the code of universe all its parepherals are written

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark math is not structure...its representation of structures in a shortest form.....without math modren sciences even basic sciences would never flourish

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark math is shortest way to understand , comprehend , explain , convey & discuss physical phenomenons...it leads us to outcomes which will not be in our sight or mind

[@acewithsnehaa]

This was the best version ❤

[@shivamkumarshrivastava5182]

The whole Universe is one giant mathematical structure. Physicists themselves say that the fundamental particles like electrons and quarks that make up everything (excluding dark matter and dark energy) can be described as purely mathematical objects.

[@kazimahdi3502]

don't like math but can't live without it

[@livephysiology]

The same mathematics can be found in the human body. For example, there is a formula for resistance to blood flow and a formula for the rate of oxygen delivery to the tissues. Efficiency of nutrient and drug absorption or breakdown based on the rate at which the enzyme can catalyze the reaction also play roles in the human body. Put another way, the body conforms to a mathematical model that allows it to live.

[@Dr_LK]

There is no intentionality lady! Don’t push your beliefs on the viewers. Stick to just maths.

[@walterego126]

Yes, just because there is some order in the universe and we can use mathematics to describe it does not necessarily imply intentionality.

[@StevenHodder]

Navier-Stokes. Beautifully elegant, yet this far unsolvable. Fluid systems start out well behaved, then eventually turn chaotic (not linear or "purposeful"). The argument presented is purely teleological.

[@matthawthorn3461]

And yet as far as we can tell the elegant formula matches the behavior of fluids as far as we can simulate numerically (and where we can solve exactly, perhaps e.g. in laminar flow). That a complete description should fit in so few symbols is unreasonable. It's not just a kluge to fit the data.

[@echo123.0]

Yes, finally someone says it out loud. I’m so glad it was you.❤ I agree

[@zagrosqazy3798]

Who are you

[@ugandanknuckles6586]

Ah yes, a beautiful entity that created beautiful things with intentionality, such as cancer ❤

[@MatthewSweeney1961]

Dear Talithia We all know the predictive power and beauty of mathematics. However, mathematics is neither omniscient nor omnipotent. Maths ends at: a division by zero; INF; and a Planck length The feeling of want for x to be true is not QED. Please refrain from poisoning the STEM well.

[@Khyranleander]

Existence is easier in a pattern, esp if you mesh with other patterns... which are easier if THEY mesh with other larger patterns. That's all math & logic are: systems of patterns we've spotted and now use. Who- or whatever set them in motion.

[@MySwapnesh]

Math is the perfect logic in the universe. But obviously right now we don't understand it fully

[@TheOne1One1One1One]

That’s like saying English is a universal language. We live in a world of imaginations. If you can imagine it, you can create it. I guarantee you 5 thousand years from now, something will be created that’s totally different from the way we use math to define the natural world

[@user-cj6jd3xx9l]

Comparing the English language to Math I'm afraid is not a great argument.

[@TheOne1One1One1One]

@@user-cj6jd3xx9lI’m saying the English language is a way to communicate. But there are other languages (German, French, etc.) that can be used for the same thing. Same goes for mathematics. There are other ways to defines nature other than mathematics but they haven’t been discovered yet. They will be in the distant future though

[@DyslexicWorkersUntie]

well we are made of stardust.

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark not only carbon but oxygen hydrogen nitrogen calcium sulpher sodium ect

[@maikolosav]

Lol did you just use the existence of mathematics to try to prove creationism? No, the fact the HUMANS invented a set of equations to explain the world around them does not prove that god exists. The fact that natural phenomena "fit" the mathematical equations does not mean anything, we created them to fit and describe those phenomena!! Also, not everything is explained by math as you said.

[@bensonic6881]

very well said

[@Caitlin7142]

I mean she never said she's a creationist, she just says human purpose exists. Nihilism and creationism aren't the only two philosophies that exist lol.

[@matthawthorn3461]

Give a read to "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics". This is not an argument for "creationism" per se (a term I actually find nonsensical - it leads to infinite regress; who created the Creator?). If you study mathematics and physics deeply, you can't avoid being astounded by how *efficiently* the mathematical systems explain nature to great accuracy. We don't need tons of symbols and abstractions relative to what we can explain. This is in stark contrast e.g. to a deep neural network, which uses billions of parameters to summarize its domain of applicability. The standard model by contrast only has a couple tens of free parameters combined with some general ideas about symmetry groups and differential equations. General relativity has basically 1 or 2 free parameters (depending on whether you count the cosmological constant) and uses some abstractions about differentiable manifolds. It's astounding how much we can explain with so incredibly little. Nature obviously has mind, and we can read it.

[@maikolosav]

@@matthawthorn3461 thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed answer. Math and physics are truly fascinating and I would be interested to study them more.

[@matthawthorn3461]

@@maikolosav thanks. I'm coming from a perspective of having studied math to a graduate level. Some math is kind of a kluge or crude tool it's true, but getting down to the level of basic physics it's really hard no not be astounded at how well it works to explain so much with so little. It starts to push a person towards Platonism.

[@diegochiko]

Finally a scientist that recognises the exitence of God though the perfection of creation.

[@gpjennett9819]

Would be a better video with out the mention of a god. Mathematics doesn't need a god to be the language of reality.

[@RighteousWeevil]

Was thinking the same thing, feels like some beliefs intermindled with science here

[@SantanaDr809]

💯

[@anmolagrawal5358]

By using rather basic logic, you'd realize it is a fundamental necessity to have one. It won't even start without it

[@tightfight12]

So how you describe it otherwise in the most fundamental sense??

[@Carlos-fs6sw]

You can make your own video and stop complaining

[@NCVII22]

Fractals

[@jugaaaad]

GOD doesn't use maths to create things he created, but we use maths to understand GOD creation.

[@lostecho01]

This speaks volumes about the necessity of god's existence and suggests a sort of teleoogy in the universe . God may not be a divine, all-wise and all-powerful entity, but rather it might be the nature itself , with everything in the nature being a reflection of this nature itself, pantheism.

[@user-gk9lg5sp4y]

Prove it

[@dogwalker666]

Science doesn't prove things.

[@user-gk9lg5sp4y]

@dogwalker666 You're absolutely correct. My apologies. However, ssertions of a creator do not a workable hypothesis, much less a Theory, make.

[@briancolwill3071]

Music is the fun math

[@MrFrenchyge]

I love how the mathematical curve in the thumbnail doesn't remotely fit the fossil.

[@forthebythepeople1511]

The language of God can be seen in mathematics. His glory is his intelligence. Outstanding video. Wonderful thoughts.

[@Carlins_Prophet]

A leap of faith has taken place.

[@hadd5106]

This video is not of the same quality as most of the videos on this channel.

[@zagrosqazy3798]

What kind of lie is this. We created a language of rationality that's it. What the hell is that have to do with your beliefs

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@zagrosqazy3798 how u create it.....linguistics are never created...there are law on which languages are based on...even computer languages are not created or invented but discovered by applying laws beneath them

[@michaelfelli7661]

What do beliefs have to do with anything? Who cares?!?

[@MichelleCarithersAuthor]

❤

[@DARKEST_VANTA]

Fibonacci spiral✨

[@Andrea-Rose]

💙💙💙💙

[@yashwantkumarjoshi4174]

That's true

[@Thomas-gk42]

Nicely spoken, but our sense of beauty changes over time, it's not a fixed entity. To find meaning in life needs more than equations and we also can be "Lost in the Beauty of Math" (Sabine Hossenfelder).

[@mrtienphysics666]

Does God obey any mathematical equation?

[@melissahopeklaus5776]

Thank you for your video !❤

[@michaelfelli7661]

What is science? Science "is" objectivity. What then is objectivity? Objectivity "is" a limit. As bias approaches zero, objectivity becomes pure. Mathematics is merely the language in which science is expressed.

[@maxlvl6781]

Math explains to us that God exists

[@vade248721]

Did she squeeze god into this?

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@vade248721 God is every where with his all encompassing knowledge

[@tedyshor]

are you sure it's not a random model?!?

[@unclejohnny863]

WooWoo!

[@TheTechieSab]

Math justifies nature. Math is not the nature.

[@invox9490]

It took this channel 3 weeks to go from: "everything is random"; to "I'm so special. 🙄

[@henrythebasset8749]

So, was mathematics discovered or created?

[@vincentpinto1127]

Created by God, and discovered by another of God's creation, man. Fairly simple.

[@user-gk9lg5sp4y]

@vincentpinto1127 Nice assertion. Any actual credible evidence to backbit up?

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark If there is no God ..... there would be nothing .....if u r..then God is.....r u ??

[@vincentpinto1127]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark Your words are as daft as there is no OCW55.

[@vincentpinto1127]

@@user-gk9lg5sp4y Hold your two hands up. See the symmetry? Why? Why is one of your finger NOT coming out from behind your left knee, while another finger sticking out from behind your left ears? And why is your left eye not on the back of your right hand? Apply a similar set of points to each and every animal and insect we can see or know of. We'll start with these, things that we CAN see. Take a while, and I hope you'll see the underly point being made. However, for a person who doesn't WANT to see, NO amount of evidence IS possible!

[@seanwebb605]

Is she trying to introduce purpose in nature? Yuck.

[@seanwebb605]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark Weak.

[@---Dana----]

She made absolutely NO sense. Elaborate, illogical nonsense.

[@seanwebb605]

@@---Dana---- It's the standard "The world is beautiful so there must be a creator" argument. Very weak.

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark These are 4 questions from the early human era 1-who i am 2- from where i came 3- why i am here 4- where am i going

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

@@PrincessTatianaOfGreeceDenmark your spiritual self is awakening & your consciousness is leading u to the divine

[@Dullydude]

I'm sorry, but if you think math is an explanation for God you are delusional.

[@Boxer309]

what explanation for god isn't delusional ??? wait, let me guess..... you KNOW what god is🙄

[@fdadfas6624]

Before you say "God," you need to prove that God exists. And if you're talking about a specific one, that ups the ante even more.

[@James.Just.James.]

Im not so convinced by saying God uses math to make the existence of everything and proceeds showing the bigbang.

[@BigGahmBoss]

Okay but god is fiction and math is real, so...

[@mykrahmaan3408]

Until we interpret the phsical meaning of the DIGITS, with which we calculate in our minds (NOT the electrons of the BITs in the chips we manufacture), all the phenomena we describe with mathematical formulae would remain deceptive. Remember, none of the particles (except THE PHOTON) in the Standard Model of Particles has any direct relevance whatsoever to our perceptions, while there are 5 more senses (including BREATHING as the common sense ~ common to all 3 entities: PLANTS, ANIMALS and HUMANS) unrepresented by any unique particle. Neither are the feelings of needs (hunger, fear, pain,...) and satisfaction particle physically interpreted. Nature can't be so stupid to provide us 6 senses and feelings, if all the rest can be derived as functions of just one sense perception: SIGHT. This is the reason why human race in its entire history, from antiquity to present day, from Thales of Miletus to Stephen Hawking (and still continuing), is yet to derive the mathematical model for the mechanism of even a single natural phenomenon that could PREDICT accurately when that phenomenon may harm life function, let alone PREVENT such ~ which SHOULD, in fact, be the sole purpose cum criterion of proof af all knowledge.

[@Gringohuevon]

nuts

[@Pauloavoz]

Totally wrong. Mathematics can't prove anything if there is no empirical evidence...

[@---Dana----]

When science and religion collide, pretzel "logic" must be used used to retain religious belief. She just can't give it up.

[@Sup90210]

What does god have to do with anything?!

[@bensonic6881]

What a pathetic justification for a non-existent god.

[@josemadrid2913]

What a ridiculous comment to equate god with mathematics. “Nothing happens by chance.” Ridiculous

[@jeversvik3754]

Math is not theological....

[@Present4]

Truth.

[@ZeeshanAkram1976]

Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.” ( Al Quran# 54:49)

[@rianwyld]

🙏🏽🌍🌌

[@RicardoMorenoAlmeida]

Wild unfounded assertions about the nature of the Universe or the "meaning" of things won't become true if they're cloaked in the language of science. But nice try, to confuse and conflate the subjects for the layman...

[@ZuchinniOne]

So disappointed that Big Think is transforming into Big Mythology. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof ... not hand waving nonsense.

[@MrApw2011]

Basically everything she said, every premise she postulated, is wrong. There is nothing special about us, everything created that wasn't created by intention (us or another animal or plant or fungus) is random including the earth, the sun, the solar system, the galaxy, the stars, the universe, there is no purpose and that's the wonder, the freedom, the beauty of it all. Hydrogen becoming us is amazing enough. We don't need to ascribe any of this to a deity or intention and we can't say that everything except the deity needs to come from something and have a beginning to be satisfied with this life and all the awesome randomness we come from.

[@tawfeeksafadi3314]

بدا القرآن بمعادلة رياضيات قليل منا يعرفها ان كل سبعة باي تساوي واحد وبالتالي قسم الكون اعشار اعشار

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Phi universal law constant occurrence design absent of flaws natural appearance with DNA and galaxies we approach infinity nothing split by unity is the constant creation divine proportion defines perfection with this comes enticing shapes supreme equation from formation the formula of 1.618 a pattern beyond man a blueprint of divinity the spiral of god eternal plan forever the line divided nothing split by unity is the constant creation divine proportion defines perfection with this comes enticing shapes supreme equation from formation the formula of 1.618 phi patterns symmetry surrounds us design precise product of the universe with DNA and galaxies we are one with infinity nothing split by unity is the constant creation divine proportion defines perfection with this comes enticing shapes supreme equation from formation the formula of 1.618

[@dogwalker666]

Maths.

[@test40323]

ms Williams presented a fallacious argument, can you spot it?hint: does correlation indicate causation? just because we want our lives to have purpose and meaning doesn't mean there is. mathematics and physics still have numerous unsolved mysteries. unless we resist confirmation bias, we minds cannot be open to new ideas or new possibilities.

[@Doortodoorgeek]

ehhhh religion there

[@tamirhayat]

True, 💚💯💯💪🙂

[@JihouGijutsu]

Is this video saying math exists because of god and that gives our lives meaning?! Tell that to Palestine