Mathematics and the Natural World: Exploring the Basis Beyond the Human Mind

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I’ve been quite confused after pondering the relationship between mathematics and the natural world (is there a basis outside the human mind of this great tool we call math? How “lossy” is the conversion of the natural world to the rational human mind?). As I’m also reading Feynman’s Six Easy Pieces, I stumbled on https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/feynman-explains-arithmetic.924124/ and thought to sign up! Looking forward to becoming more confused and more clear.
 
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Hello everyone, I'm Cosmo. I'm an 18 years old student majoring in physics. I found this forum cause I was searching on Google if it's common for physics student to feel like they're in the wrong major in the first semester cause it feels like too much for me to learn the materials even the ones that are considered as "basic math" or "basic physics", I've initial fascination with the universe's mysteries and it disconnect with the reality of intense, foundational mathematics courses required...
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