How the modern world arose from imaginary numbers
Another way to think of it is that <i>all</i> numbers are imaginary.<p>Numbers aren&#x27;t real. Platonism is wrong. Imaginary numbers aren&#x27;t &quot;out there&quot; somewhere. The whole system of mathematics is an accumulated edifice of metaphors designed by human brains, for human brains, and there&#x27;s no god &quot;behind the curtain&quot;. It&#x27;s just a tool of thought. It reflects the &quot;reality&quot; of the universe only insofar as we&#x27;ve looked at the universe, noticed patterns, and constructed metaphors around them.<p>This is not a popular viewpoint! But it is the only scientifically supported one.