Don’t get it backwards. Math is so powerful precisely ’cause it’s so simple (dum

Don’t get it backwards. Math is so powerful precisely ’cause it’s so simple (dumb). It’s easy to be correct when you choose your own causal density. It’s far harder to be correct when you can’t.

Math is pretty simple for that reason, and we can delve into great complexity because of simplicity.

But we are having problems in physics at higher causal density.

And mathematics is all but useless in social science (say, in economics) because of causal density.

And we can’t even figure out a unit of measure for sentience yet, which is an even higher causal density.

So when people make statements like you just did, it sounds a little bit like someone saying chess is complicated. Actually it’s not. It’s a closed (ludic) game. It’s just hard for humans. There is math that is hard for humans for the same reason: mere scale of permutations. But it’s still trivial.

Tell me how to measure the market value of a brand.

Tell me how to measure the future rate of decline of iphone appeal.

Tell me how to measure how much information it takes to change state from one idea to another?

Doing puzzles is simple.

Problems have high causal density.