1 min readNov 6, 2017
“Insofar as the propositions of mathematics refer to reality, they are uncertain; insofar as they as they are certain, they do not apply to reality.”
Albert Einstein
Mathematics is an artificial human creation. The fact that it is so excellent at helping us to describe nature in a succession of ever-better theories and models does not change the fact that it is imperfect at every step, and always will be.