For me a key benefit of maths is to answer the question “how much?”, to turn qualitative intuitions into quantitative models.
For example if someone tells you “drug X binds to receptor Y which triggers therapeutic effect Z”, the first question that comes to mind is “how much X do I need to take to get that much Z?”.
If you don’t answer that the info is not actionable. That’s where the math models (pharmacocinetics and pharmacodynamics) come in, they tell you how much, which allows you to turn info into action.
For me a key benefit of maths is to answer the question “how much?”, to turn qualitative intuitions into quantitative models.
For example if someone tells you “drug X binds to receptor Y which triggers therapeutic effect Z”, the first question that comes to mind is “how much X do I need to take to get that much Z?”.
If you don’t answer that the info is not actionable. That’s where the math models (pharmacocinetics and pharmacodynamics) come in, they tell you how much, which allows you to turn info into action.