“The Standard Model” is a term in physics which describes the current collection of theories, which give a mathematical model of the universe. I think that the key word is MODEL, and to illustrate my questions as to how accurate a model can be, I will use a very simple means. An artist, or any human with a little practice can draw a very fluid curved line on a piece of paper. The question I have is how many points would a mathematician have to plot to get an accurate model of this line? I believe the answer is an infinite number of points. The reason for this is that this curved line was not drawn by connecting points, but is completely fluid. It is also probably true that a mathematician could more accurately model this line, than an artists or anyone else could, but it will never be as accurate as the original curve. If we extend this to the entire universe, and compound it with unknowns and assumptions, one can only wonder how accurate this model can be, or whether these mathematical models could in fact lead us completely astray. Is it possible that the errors and assumptions made when constructing a model could compound on each other to some kind of self fulfilling prophecy? I believe it is possible, and no I’m not saying we shouldn’t pursue mathematics and science, but that we should be aware that most of what we currently have come up with is theory, and not in fact, fact….:))
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