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[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

(I'm going to abrasively emphasize the conjunctions more, because I feel they're being glossed over)

IF the truths of our universe are completely mathematically and axiomatically bound, THEN any proof derived within it might have a chance of upsetting a given axiom given the either incomplete or inconsistent nature of mathematics as declared by Gödel, the ramifications of which COULD be dire in such a universe.

I'm NOT saying our universe IS mathematically bound. I'm also NOT saying that a newly discovered universal axiom WILL change the structure of such a universe.

I actually believe that maths merely describes our reality at varying scales.

I am presenting an interesting idea that for some reason is being taken quite literally, and now am having to get defensive about it as if it's a deeply-held belief of mine...