@bennyboy
A not very subtle difference between the poetry and the physics which you lump together here: it may sound vague and mysterious when translated into everyday language and metaphors. But you've got to be aware that the actual theory is not what you just said, but a very concrete mathematical construct. It makes quantitative predictions to many digits precision before the fact. Only when you try to formulate what's going on in plain english does it sound a bit mythical. Yet, we know exactly what we mean on the maths side, which is parsimonious and with little ambiguity.
A not very subtle difference between the poetry and the physics which you lump together here: it may sound vague and mysterious when translated into everyday language and metaphors. But you've got to be aware that the actual theory is not what you just said, but a very concrete mathematical construct. It makes quantitative predictions to many digits precision before the fact. Only when you try to formulate what's going on in plain english does it sound a bit mythical. Yet, we know exactly what we mean on the maths side, which is parsimonious and with little ambiguity.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
