I am not talking about programming anything. There is no programmer. But the physical universe functions in accordance with strict formulas. We have recognized these formulas and functions and quantified (codified) them so that we can follow the natural function. The universe does not need numbers, we do.
You're absolutely right there is no any kind of programmer, and the universe does not need numbers to exist, numbers do not exist.
Universe does not function in accordance with strict formulas, formulas work in accordance with the universe, because we're lucky that mathematics has helped us, there is no math and equations, and no numbers in the universe there are only laws that at least this visible part of the universe follows. Math is simply abstract tool that enables us to define those and we're very lucky that math actually works.
In the universe numbers are not physical but abstract. There is no fundamental difference in the mathematical laws that govern the universe or a computer.
True, numbers are completely abstract and the universe is completely physical, only the way how we confirmed those physical laws of the universe is abstract (mathematical equations).
In the real world spoken words are nothing but fleeting wavelike disturbances of air molecues. All these things you cite are measurements that help us identify the mathematical nature of Universal functions. With the exception of Uncertainty, we might well live in a rigidly deterministic mathematical construct. Knowing the formulas and equations allows us to more or less predict the future and exercise a small measure of free will in our fledgeling SUB-programming efforts.
Agreed, you're correct here, however we're still limited by our knowledge of the universe so we cannot know what exactly is true and what is wrong and are our predictions of the universe correct or wrong, because after all our telescopes also have observational limits, our super-computer models of the universe and everything inside the universe are also very, very limited, so what is true and what isn't true and how much is true are still open questions.
In order to fully study the entire universe you should be able to observe entire universe and not be limited like we are with telescopes' observation abilities, we would need to have ability to observe entire universe with a microscope, just like we do this with atoms.
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