Is God a Mathematician?-2
For men like Spinoza and Einstein, this order, this harmony (or let's say the laws of physics or the mathematical patterns) which expressed themselves in the various activities of the universe - was God. (Mathematics is God?) In this context, Einstein said: “I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings.” Also, Einstein wrote in one of his letters to Solovine, the Romanian philosopher and mathematician: "I have no better expression than 'religious' for this confidence in the rational nature of reality and in its being accessible, to some degree, to human reason. When this feeling is missing, science degenerates into mindless empiricism".
Also consider that the quantum world which is beyond the reach of our senses and equipments, can be expressed only in mathematical terms. Why? The quantum world is a reality. We humans did not invent it but we can access it only through mathematics. Think about it! Doesn’t it point to something?
The fact is we are inhabiting a universe which is intelligent. It is not all blind chance, randomness and chaos. In fact chaos is what we should have if we rule out the possibility of an intelligent universe which works according to laws and patterns with mathematical precision. The relationship between energy and mass (E=mc²) is a mathematical relationship - not something that we have invented. It is not our language. It is the language of the universe. What Einstein referred to as the "rational nature of reality".
Our problem is that we have not yet come to terms with our own Consciousness fully and science also has kept consciousness out of its domain. But the fact, whether we like it or not, whether we are able to handle it or not - consciousness is an essential part of this universe. The problem is as soon as we talk about an intelligent universe or consciousness - it usually veers towards an anthropomorphic god sitting somewhere in the heavens and controlling things from his high chair. Intellectual people, particularly scientists, have difficulty in accepting such a picture of god. Also at the same time we should not be blind to the fact that this universe RUNS ON INTELLIGENCE. Mathematician and philosopher Roger Penrose writes: "A scientific world view which does not profoundly come to terms with the problem of conscious minds can have no serious pretensions of completeness. Consciousness is part of our universe, so any physical theory which makes no proper place for it, falls fundamentally short of providing a genuine description of the world".
Om Namah Shivay
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