Isn’t whether numbers are part of the territory or part of the map a debatable topic?
It is indeed. If you are a Platonist, numbers are real to you.
The universe is more than just a collection of physical objects. There are properties of objects, their relationships, their dynamics...
Well, current physical models suggest that the universe is some complicated wave function, parts of which can be factorized to produce objects, some of these objects (humans) run algorithms describing other objects and how they behave, and parts of these algorithms can be expressed as “properties of objects, their relationships, their dynamics...”
It is indeed. If you are a Platonist, numbers are real to you.
Well, current physical models suggest that the universe is some complicated wave function, parts of which can be factorized to produce objects, some of these objects (humans) run algorithms describing other objects and how they behave, and parts of these algorithms can be expressed as “properties of objects, their relationships, their dynamics...”