The math universe hypotheses assumes a very strict Platonist POV, which is not really a justifiable position, in my experience.<p>&gt;The idea of &quot;1 + 1 = 2&quot; is true no matter how (or if) you represent the idea.<p>That&#x27;s really a triviality, though. If you have the idea that 1+1=2, then yes, it&#x27;s true. Usually people say mathematical theorems are true in &quot;all possible universes&quot;, but the way they select which universes are possible is... by applying logic that works in <i>this</i> universe. 1+1=2 is only true because it doesn&#x27;t contradict our experiences. It&#x27;s useful. In another universe, it may not be useful, and thus wouldn&#x27;t be true there.<p>&gt;if you could simulate a universe and in that simulated universe you modeled people and all the stuff around them, what would you tell those simulated people with their simulated free well what a table is made out of?<p>I would put words in whatever order was most useful to them to employ for the construction and manipulation of tables. Anything else would be meaningless. You might as well just say &quot;magic&quot; if they can&#x27;t use it.