Lets say you select all the aspects of a person&#x27;s life that you consider to have any relevance to anyone and write down a description of every one of them—is that person now &#x27;made&#x27; of words? That&#x27;s how ridiculous this is.<p>I think what this is missing is a justification for thinking the universe somehow &#x27;uses&#x27; mathematics in this sense; being &#x2F;describable&#x2F; by it, is not at all the same as actually being generated by it.<p>There is a mistaken assumptions here that consistent rules from &#x2F;within&#x2F; the universe would apply to its own operation. It&#x27;s like assuming that because some rules must always hold when Monopoly is played, that the rules governing its physical constitution must be drawn from the same set.<p>&quot;Confusing the moon with the finger pointing at it&quot; —is a simple concept to understand, but seeing all the subtle places where we actually make the mistake in our mental lives requires another level of effort.