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#521 - Sabine Hossenfelder - Life's Mysteries, Explained By Physics

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How to Do Science Without Using Mathematics

In principle, it is possible to do science without using mathematics as an intermediary. You could try to find another system that mimics the thing you want to describe directly. And actually, this is being done in quantum simulations. I don't understand what could be better than mathematics. Maybe we're just not smart enough.

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