Order vs. Randomness

[Rayaan]

Does mathematics capture the essence of everything that goes on in the universe?

Perhaps it doesn't, but I think that many people (especially physicists) believe that to be the case, i.e. that the essence of the universe can be best explained by mathematics. That's why they toil with complex equations and things like M-theory and all that kind of stuff in hopes of being able to find a "Theory of Everything" (TOE). The more they study physics, the more they discover mathematical regularities, which are essentially patterns in a mathematical realm.

But I think that these patterns themselves are real, and I equate them as only vague aspects of a universal "mind" or "intelligence" behind everything since even our own self-aspects such knowledge, understanding, self-awareness, and emotions are essentially nothing but specific patterns unfolding in spacetime, while spacetime itself is a mathematical structure.

And these networks of patterns which create our self-awareness are probably already embedded everywhere at the most fundamental level or reality (or maybe in a mathematical realm only), and if so then perhaps we don't really "own" our consciousness, as we think we do. The consciousness is everywhere, and we are just receiving some of it through our own patterns in spacetime.

I think that the human brain seeks out patterns and tries to make meaning of everything around it. It's probably a survival skill or a social skill, but it means that we don't like randomness and we don't like disorder. We want everything to have a reason and a simple explanation that we can follow and understand. I think that our brains impose a level of order and forethought to the universe and to the things around us that are not always there.

That's interesting, and I really agree with you. I'll think about this for some time and then I might have some things to say about this later on.

Thanks for your thought-provoking answer.